noun
    
    plural -ons
    
    [count] a vehicle with four wheels that is used for carrying heavy loads or passengers and that is usually pulled by animals (such as horses)
    
    
    
    a small, low vehicle with four wheels that children play with
    
    
    
    US :station wagon
    
    Brit :a railway car that carries goods
    
    circle the/your wagons
    
    chiefly US informal :to gather a group of people together in order to protect them from being attacked - usually used figuratively
    
    
    
    hitch your wagon to
    
    chiefly US informal :to rely on (someone or something) for success
    
    
    
    on/off the wagon
    
    informal
    
    A person who is on the wagon has stopped drinking alcohol.