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BANDWAGON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bandwagon mean?
• BANDWAGON (noun)
The noun BANDWAGON has 2 senses:
1. a popular trend that attracts growing support
2. a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
Familiarity information: BANDWAGON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A popular trend that attracts growing support
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon
Hypernyms ("bandwagon" is a kind of...):
style; trend; vogue (the popular taste at a given time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade
Hypernyms ("bandwagon" is a kind of...):
waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)
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