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BANDWAGON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
Example:
the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bandwagon" is a kind of...):
waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A popular trend that attracts growing support
Example:
when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bandwagon" is a kind of...):
style; trend; vogue (the popular taste at a given time)
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