wagon

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A horse-drawn, covered wagon.
A station wagon.

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From Dutch wagen, waghen, from Germanic *wagna-. Compare wain.

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Singular
wagon

Plural
wagons

wagon (plural wagons)

  1. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
  2. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pushed or pulled by human force.
  3. A child’s riding toy, four-wheeled and pulled or steered by a long handle in the front.
  4. (US, Australian, slang) A station wagon.
  5. (slang) A paddy wagon.
  6. A truck, or lorry.
  7. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Irish, slang, dated) An immoral woman, slapper.

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Infinitive
to wagon

Third person singular
wagons

Simple past
wagoned

Past participle
wagoned

Present participle
wagoning

to wagon (third-person singular simple present wagons, present participle wagoning, simple past and past participle wagoned)

  1. (transitive) To transport by means of a wagon.
  2. (intransitive) To travel in a wagon.

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  • IPA: /ʋa'ɣɔn/

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wagon m.

  1. car (a railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train)

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wagon

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wagon m.

  1. car (a railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train)

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wagon

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wagon m.

  1. car (a railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train)

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Singular Plural
Nominative wagon wagony
Genitive wagonu wagonów
Dative wagonowi wagonom
Accusative wagon wagony
Instrumental wagonem wagonami
Locative wagonie wagonach
Vocative wagonie wagony