— wagonless , adj.
/wag"euhn/ , n.
1. any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
2. Informal. See station wagon .
3. a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
4. ( cap. ) Astron. Charles's Wain. See Big Dipper .
5. Brit. a railway freight car or flatcar.
6. a baby carriage.
7. Archaic. a chariot.
8. circle the wagons . See circle (def. 21).
9. fix someone's wagon , Slang. to get even with or punish someone: He'd better mind his own business or I'll really fix his wagon.
10. hitch one's wagon to a star , to have a high ambition, ideal, or purpose: It is better to hitch one's wagon to a star than to wander aimlessly through life.
11. off the wagon , Slang. again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
12. on the wagon , Slang. abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Also, on the water wagon; Brit., on the water cart .
v.t.
13. to transport or convey by wagon.
v.i.
14. to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, esp. Brit., waggon .
[ 1505-15; wagen; c. OE waegn WAIN ]
Syn. 1. cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.