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1. (adv.) piggyback
on the back or shoulders:
The child rode piggyback on her father.
2. (adj.) piggyback
astride the back or shoulders:
a piggyback ride.
3. piggyback
attached to, carried on, or allied with something else:
a piggyback clause.
4. piggyback
noting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle on another, as the carrying of truck trailers on flatcars.
5. (v.t.) piggyback
to attach to, carry on, or ally with something else.
6. piggyback
to carry on the back or shoulders.
7. piggyback
to carry (one vehicle) on another.
8. (v.i.) piggyback
to be attached to or carried on something else.
9. (n.) piggyback
a piggyback ride.
10. piggyback
a vehicle on which another is carried.
11. piggyback
anything attached to or carried on something else.
Etymology: (1580–90; alter. of pickaback)
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1. (verb) piggyback
the act of carrying something piggyback
2. (verb) piggyback
ride on someone's shoulders or back
3. (verb) piggyback
haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
4. (verb) piggyback
haul by railroad car
5. (verb) piggyback
support on the back and shoulders
"He piggybacked her child so she could see the show"
6. (adverb) piggyback
bring into alignment with
"an amendment to piggyback the current law"
7. (adverb) piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back
on a railroad flatcar
"the trailer rode piggyback across the country"
8. (adverb) piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back
on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip
"she carried her child piggyback"
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1. (noun) piggyback
give sb a piggyback
to carry sb on your back with their legs around you
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