WAGON
What does "WAGON" mean?
A four-wheeled vehicle for carrying loads or passengers, often horse-drawn.
Meanings
- A sturdy four-wheeled vehicle for transporting heavy goods, typically pulled by horses or oxen. Settlers crossed the plains in a covered wagon.
- A child's low open cart pulled by a long handle. She hauled her dolls around the yard in a red wagon.
- A railway freight car (chiefly British). The coal was loaded into goods wagons at the colliery.
Did you know?
- Saying you're 'on the wagon' to mean you've quit drinking comes from 'on the water-wagon' - the idea that a reformed drinker would sooner climb aboard the water-cart than touch liquor.
Word origin
From Dutch 'wagen' (cart, carriage), adopted into English in the 16th century; cognate with native English 'wain' and German 'Wagen'.
Remember it
WAGON keeps the 'wag' of a dog's tail - picture a tail-wagging dog riding in the back of a red wagon.
A little poem
Four wheels and a long pull west,
everything a family owned
creaking toward a guess called best.
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Wordplay
- I told my friend I'd finally climbed on the wagon. He asked which one - I said the one with no minibar.
What it teaches
A wagon only moves with the load and the puller in agreement; ambition without traction just digs ruts.
Quick facts
What does WAGON mean?
A four-wheeled vehicle for carrying loads or passengers, often horse-drawn.
Is WAGON a valid word?
Yes — WAGON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WAGON?
WAGON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WAGON come from?
From Dutch 'wagen' (cart, carriage), adopted into English in the 16th century; cognate with native English 'wain' and German 'Wagen'.
What can WAGON teach us?
A wagon only moves with the load and the puller in agreement; ambition without traction just digs ruts.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.