bandwagon

name

1. Synonym of Big Dipper.

noun

Etymology: From band + wagon.

1. A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
2. A current movement that attracts wide support.

   “Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.”

verb

Etymology: From band + wagon.

1. To join a bandwagon (a current movement that attracts wide support).

   “Again, only three years ago, he opposed every measure advocated by Woodrow Wilson—did all he could to prevent his nomination—and bandwagoned when the nomination could no longer be prevented.”

   ““Weeping Walter” is a notorious example of the theory that “trimming” pays in politix. He has blown with every wind; he has bandwagoned with every passing movement from the Ku Klux Klan to the Townsend plan; […]”