Origin: Greek suffix -gon
Wagon has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:
van used by police to transport prisoners
"The prisoner was forced into the marked police wagon before being driven to the holding cell."
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
"When stargazing, we easily spotted the Big Dipper, also known as the wagon, hanging high above the northern horizon."
a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
"The children spent their afternoon racing down the hill on their wooden wagons."
a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
"We packed our camping gear into the back of his station wagon before heading to the lake."
A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.
"The farmer hitched his horses to the wagon to haul firewood from the forest."
In plain English: A wagon is a vehicle with four wheels and an open box on top used for carrying things, often pulled by horses or pushed by people.
"They loaded all their camping gear into the wagon for the weekend trip."
Usage: A wagon is specifically a large, heavy vehicle with two or more axles and no body covering, distinct from lighter carts or trucks used for similar purposes. It typically refers to traditional transport vehicles rather than modern equivalents like pickup trucks unless specified as "pickup."
To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.
"The farmers wagoned their harvest to the market before dawn."
In plain English: To wagon something means to move it on wheels, though this usage is rare and usually refers specifically to transporting goods with an old-fashioned cart or vehicle.
"He decided to wagon his old furniture back and forth across town before selling them off."
A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
"The ancient sailor pointed upward at the bright wagon in the northern sky to navigate his ship through the dark water."
The word wagon comes from Middle Dutch wagen, which traces back through Old Dutch and Proto-Germanic to a root meaning "to transport." It entered English as a common term for a wheeled vehicle, eventually displacing the older native word wain.