wagon
Other forms: wagons
Anything can be a wagon, so long as it has wheels and can be pulled. Wagons are used for transporting goods, like grains from a farm, or your little sister who wants another ride around the block.
The origin of wagon is the German weg, meaning “move, carry.” You’ll see horse-drawn wagons carrying vegetables, or a wagon pulled by a tractor moving bales of hay into a barn. A paddywagon is slang for a police van that brings suspected criminals to the station. If you “fall off the wagon” that means you started drinking alcohol again after being sober for a while. And when you “hitch your wagon to a star,” you pursue a major goal.
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any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractorsynonyms: waggontypes:bandwagona large ornate wagon for carrying a musical bandcarta heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animalchuck wagona wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagona large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th centurylorrya large low horse-drawn wagon without sideswainlarge open farm wagonwater waggon, water wagona wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)dogcarta cart drawn by a dogdumpcarta cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handlingoxcarta cart that is drawn by an oxwater cartcart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale)type of:wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
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a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coastingsynonyms: coaster wagontype of:wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
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van used by police to transport prisonerssynonyms: black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagontype of:vana truck with an enclosed cargo space
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a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seatsynonyms: beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggontypes:shooting brakeanother name for a station wagontype of:auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcara motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
Nel Wright and Sula Peace are close friends growing up in a town called The Bottom, but tragedy and a terrible secret send their lives in different directions.