n.
Pronunciation: ' wa-g ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch ― more at WAIN
Date: 15th century
1 a : a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn orig. by animals b : a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c : PADDY WAGON
2 British : a railway freight car
3 : a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child
4 : a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room <the dessert wagon >
5 : a delivery truck <a milk wagon >
6 : STATION WAGON
– off the wagon : in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages <fell off the wagon >
– on the wagon : in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages