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wagon

name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwæɡən/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈwæɡən] ~ [ˈwæɡn̩]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈwaɡən/
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: [ˈwaɡən] ~ [ˈwaɡn̩]
  • /ˈwæːɡən/ Australian, bad-lad split
  • [ˈwæːɡən] ~ [ˈwæːɡn̩] Australian, bad-lad split
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈwɛɡən/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈwɛɡən] ~ [ˈwɛɡn̩]
  • /ˈweɪɡən/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • [ˈweɪ̯ɡən] ~ [ˈweɪ̯ɡn̩] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • rhymes with -æɡən
  • CMU ARPABET: W AE1 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Big Dipper, Plough, Charles' Wain, Drinking Gourd, Northern Ladle, Northern Waggoner, Wain, Great Wagon, Bandwagon, Saptarishi, Saucepan, triones

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A shopping cart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-England, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: railroad car, car, railway wagon, railway carriage, carriage, railtruck, truck, coach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rolling stock

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of paddy wagon (“police van for transporting prisoners”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Ellipsis of station wagon (“type of automobile”); (occasionally, loosely) any car, van, or light truck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: estate

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Term of abuse.

A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, dated, derogatory, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 304, alley cat, alleycat, amorette, amoret, amorosa, article, Athanasian wench, blowsabella, bop, chippy, cocotte, cockatrice, cockslut, cockwhore, crumpet, cum dumpster, cum guzzler, cumhole, cumslut, cumwhore, Cyprian, demimondaine, doxy, drab, eager beaver, Essex girl, flirt-gill, floogy, floosie, floosy, floozie, floozy, fornicator, fornicatour, fornicatress, fornicatrix, fuckstress, Fulham virgin, geebag, giglot, gillian, gill, good-time girl, grim, grisette, harlot, ho bag, ho-bag, hoe bag, hoe-bag, hoe, hoochie mama, hoochie, hood rat, ho, hussy, jade, jay, jillflirt, lady of light virtue, LBFM, light-o'-love, light-of-love, lightskirt, little brown fucking machine, loose woman, lorette, mab, manizer, minx, moll, mort wap-apace, nymphomaniac, painted Jezebel, puta, puzzel, quean, Quicumque vult, quiff, rig, scag, scrubber, skank, skettle, sket, skit, slag, slapper, slattern, sloven, slutbag, slut, stale, streel, strumpet, sweet cheeks, tartlet, tart, thotty, thot, town bicycle, town bike, tramp, treddle, trollop, trull, village bicycle, village bike, wagon, waistcoateer, wanton, wench, whore

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Term of abuse.

An obnoxious woman; a bitch; a cow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, broadly, derogatory, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Buttocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To travel in a wagon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beach wagon, station wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

Narrower terms: shooting brake

16

noun

Meaning 16

van used by police to transport prisoners

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, black Maria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: van

17

noun

Meaning 17

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waggon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheeled vehicle

Narrower terms: bandwagon, cart, chuck wagon, covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner, ice wagon, ice-wagon, lorry, milk wagon, milkwagon, tramcar, tram, wain, water wagon, water waggon

18

noun

Meaning 18

a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coaster wagon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheeled vehicle

19

noun

Meaning 19

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: asterism

History

Etymology

Derived either as a synonym of Wain, i.e. Charles' Wain, or directly from the wagonlike shape of the constellation. Compare also the synonym Northern Waggoner. See wagon and wain.

Borrowed from Middle Dutch wagen, from Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- (“to transport”). Generally displaced native cognate wain, from Old English wæġn, of which it is a doublet. Related also to way, weigh. Sense 8 (“woman of loose morals; obnoxious woman”) is probably a derogatory and jocular reference to a woman being “ridden”, that is, mounted for the purpose of sexual intercourse. The verb is derived from the noun.

Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wa — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Amharic: ሰረገላ (särägäla) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Arabic: عَرَبَة (ʕaraba) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Arabic: كرّو (karru) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Bashkir: арба (arba) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Bulgarian: кару́ца (karúca) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Catalan: carro — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Catalan: cotxe — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Chechen: ворда (vorda) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運貨馬車 /运货马车 (yùnhuòmǎchē) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車皮 /车皮 (chēpí) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Coptic: ⲁϭⲟⲗⲧⲉ (acolte) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Czech: vůz — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Dutch: wagen — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Dutch: kar — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Erzya: улав (ulav) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Estonian: vanker — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Estonian: veovanker — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Finnish: vaunu — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Finnish: vankkuri — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • French: charrette — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Saterland Frisian: Woain — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Friulian: cjâr — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Friulian: cjar — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Galician: carro — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Galician: zorra — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • German: Wagen — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Greek: άμαξα (ámaxa) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Greek: βαγόνι (vagóni) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Ancient Greek: ἅμαξα (hámaxa) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Hungarian: szekér — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Hungarian: kocsi — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Icelandic: vagn — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Ingrian: vankkuri — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Irish: féan — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Irish: vaigín — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Italian: carro — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Japanese: 荷馬車 (nibasha) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Korean: 짐마차 (jimmacha) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Latin: plaustrum — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Latin: carrus — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Latin: iumentum — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Latin: sarrācum — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Macedonian: ко́ла (kóla) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Macedonian: ко́личка (kólička) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Macedonian: а́раба (áraba) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Māori: wākena — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Navajo: tsinaabąąs — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vogn — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Old English: wæġn — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Plautdietsch: Woagen — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Polish: wóz — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Portuguese: carro — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Portuguese: carroça — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Portuguese: vagão — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Romanian: car — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Romanian: căruță — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Russian: теле́га (teléga) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Russian: теле́жка (teléžka) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Russian: пово́зка (povózka) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Russian: воз (voz) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Russian: фурго́н (furgón) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Sanskrit: अनस् (anas) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏ла — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍla — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Lower Sorbian: wóz — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: carro — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: coche — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: carreta — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: carromato — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: carroza — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Spanish: galera — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Sumerian: 𒈥𒁍𒁕 (MAR.BU.DA) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Swedish: vagn — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Taos: łòtúna — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Tewa: teh — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Thai: เกวียน (gwiian) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Tocharian A: kukäl — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Tocharian B: kokale — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Walloon: tchår — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Yiddish: וואָגן (vogn) — four-wheeled cart for hauling loads — see also cart, carriage
  • Bulgarian: де́тска коли́чка (détska kolíčka) — child's riding toy
  • Catalan: cotxet — child's riding toy
  • Dutch: bolderkar — child's riding toy
  • Finnish: kärry — child's riding toy
  • French: chariot — child's riding toy
  • German: Bollerwagen — child's riding toy
  • Hungarian: talicska — child's riding toy
  • Hungarian: taliga — child's riding toy
  • Hungarian: gyerektalicska — child's riding toy
  • Macedonian: ко́личка (kólička) — child's riding toy
  • Navajo: tsin naabąąs yázhí — child's riding toy
  • Russian: коля́ска (koljáska) — child's riding toy
  • Russian: де́тская коля́ска (détskaja koljáska) — child's riding toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: коли́ца — child's riding toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolíca — child's riding toy
  • Swedish: skrinda — child's riding toy
  • Swedish: barnskrinda — child's riding toy
  • Walloon: tchårea — child's riding toy
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