wagonwag‧on (also waggon British English) /ˈwæɡən/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINwagon
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 Dutch wagenEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- A wagon wheel was no trifle; neither was a stove.
- A servant hitched up a wagon and drove her the short distance to Mount Pitt.
- D'you imagine those wagons hold food?
- Louis in Conestoga wagons and traveled across the vast, perilous country in search of a better life in the West.
- The pictures show just a few shapes of wagon.
- There was money to be made caring for and feeding the travelers, repairing their wagons, buying and selling them livestock.
- They just put them in the meat wagon and dropped them up town.
Longman Language Activatorto stop drinking alcoholic drinks► give up drinking/stop drinking
Collocations to stop drinking anything alcoholic, especially because it is becoming a problem: · Sam's been told that unless he stops drinking, he could be dead within a year.· I didn't realize I had a problem until I tried to give up drinking but couldn't.
► be on the wagon informal no longer drink alcohol, or to have stopped drinking alcohol for a short time: · Do you want a beer, Harry, or are you still on the wagon?· I thought you were on the wagon!
WORD SETS► Bicycles/Carts/Horsesall-terrain, adjectivebackpedal, verbbicycle, nounbicycle, verbbike, nounbike, verbbrougham, nounbuckboard, nounbuggy, nouncab, nouncaravan, nouncarriage, nouncart, nouncarter, nouncarthorse, nouncavalcade, nounchariot, nouncharioteer, nounchuck wagon, nouncoach, nouncoachman, nouncoaster brake, nouncrossbar, nouncycle, nouncycle, verbdismount, verbdogcart, noundogsled, noundray, nounfork, nounfreewheel, verbgoad, verbgoad, nounhackney carriage, nounhandcart, nounhandlebars, nounhansom, nounharness, nounharness, verbhayride, nounhorse-drawn, adjectivehorseshoe, nounhorsewoman, nounhowdah, nounhusky, nounlandau, nounmountain bike, nounoxcart, nounpack animal, nounpack horse, nounpair, nounpedal, nounpedal, verbpenny-farthing, nounpush-bike, nounpushcart, nounreflector, nounrickshaw, nounride, verbsaddle, nounsaddle bag, nounsedan chair, nounsledge, nounsledge, verbsleigh, nounspoke, nounstagecoach, nounsurgery, nounsurrey, nountandem, nounteam, nountrace, nountrailer, nountrap, nountricycle, nountruck, noununicycle, nounvelodrome, nounwagon, nounwagon train, nounwheelwright, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► old
Phrases· There is also an old goods wagon at this spot, but it is not from this line.· Parked ahead on the distant corner was his old dusty station wagon.· It will feature vehicles such as old buses, wagons and fire engines.
NOUN► paddy· It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.· They arrested the peaceful marchers, put them in paddy wagons, and charged them with disorderly conduct.
► rail· Eric's guitar sounded like two steel rail wagons clanging together in a Chicago freight yard at 4am.· Councillors in Sefton have demanded rail wagons from the site be enclosed adding £12m to the company's costs.
► railway· Ageing railway wagons continue to run along old lines, now turned orange with rust.· In the background, a railway wagon awaits collection.· No explanation was given, least of all to the thousands of workers living in converted railway wagons around the site.
► station· Also there is no legal obstruction to you taking the coffin to the crematorium in a station wagon.· It was for the upper middle class in their station wagons that rumbled over our heads at night.· The rotted-out Ford station wagon has been replaced.· Once or twice a week Howard climbs into the station wagon and drives over to the little market town fifteen miles away.· Before long, friends pitched in and helped the family buy a used station wagon.· The latest in the field are a soft top and station wagon Defender 90 models from Land Rover.· She rode in back of the station wagon, probably on a wheeled stretcher, with a battery-run respirator on her chest.
► train· He was left behind by the rest of the wagon train because his vehicle was so cumbersome.· There must be people in these old graveyards who came out on wagon trains.· She attacked a wagon train two years ago.· As sundown approached, scores of settlers and a wagon train of police vans moved down the hill as Maj.· The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer - horses pulling a long wagon train.· I passed long wagon trains filled with wounded and dying soldiers, without even a blanket to shield them....· Everybody circled up like wagon trains around the bleach vats and wood room and even the goddamn lunch table.
VERB► circle· Instead, leaders increasingly see it as their job to circle the wagons.· There is the natural tendency, too, for players to circle the wagons in the locker room.· Everybody circled up like wagon trains around the bleach vats and wood room and even the goddamn lunch table.
► drive· Sitting Bull drove her in his wagon to the town of Cannonball.
► haul· It hauled wagons up a I-in-8 slope.· A big dray horse might be suited to haul a coal wagon, a more delicate saddle horse to recreational riding.· Mothei; struggling on tiny bound feet, was hauling a wagon uphill in the snow.
► pull· But because of incompatibility problems she was unable to pull the wagons under the automatic loader.· The lead horse will accept nothing less than pulling the wagon, and that is where the first breakdown in communication came.· The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer - horses pulling a long wagon train.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be/go on the wagon► fall off the wagon
1a strong vehicle with four wheels, used for carrying heavy loads and usually pulled by horses → cart2British English a large open container pulled by a train, used for carrying goods SYN freight car American English3be/go on the wagon informal to not drink alcohol anymore4fall off the wagon informal to start drinking alcohol again after you have stopped → paddy wagon- Sometimes I would go on the wagon for a few days then have a binge.