bandwagon (noun)
1bandwagon — noun VERB + BANDWAGON ▪ climb on, join, jump on ▪ Competitors have jumped on the bandwagon and started building similar machines. BANDWAGON + VERB ▪ be rolling, gather momentum …
2bandwagon — ► NOUN ▪ an activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular: the company is jumping on the Green bandwagon. ORIGIN from the former use of a wagon to carry a band in a parade …
3bandwagon — UK US /ˈbændˌwægən/ noun [C, usually singular] ► an activity, group, etc., that has become successful or fashionable and so attracts many new people: »A similar force is the peer group bandwagon: I may watch a television programme not only… …
4bandwagon — noun (C) climb /jump on the bandwagon to begin to do something that a lot of other people are doing: Everyone seems to be jumping on the environmental bandwagon …
5bandwagon effect — noun the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity polls are accused of creating a bandwagon… …
6bandwagon — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1855 1. a usually ornate and high wagon for a band of musicians especially in a circus parade 2. a popular party, faction, or cause that attracts growing support often used in such phrases as jump on the… …
7bandwagon — noun /ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/ a) A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade. b) A current movement that attracts wide support. See Also: bandwagoning, jump on the bandwagon …
8bandwagon — noun 1》 historical a wagon used for carrying a band in a parade. 2》 an activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular: the company is jumping on the Green bandwagon …
9bandwagon fallacy — noun argumentum ad populum …
10bandwagon effect — noun the observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do. See Also: herd behaviour, herding instinct …
