piggyback

pronunciation

How to pronounce piggyback in British English: UK [ˈpɪgibæk]word uk audio image

How to pronounce piggyback in American English: US [ˈpɪɡiˌbæk] word us audio image

  • Verb:
    ride on someone's shoulders or back
    haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
    haul by railroad car
    carry on the back or shoulders
    support on the back and shoulders
  • Adverb:
    on a railroad flatcar
    on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip

Word Origin

piggyback (adj.)
1823, probably a folk etymology alteration of pick pack (1560s), which perhaps is from pick, a dialectal variant of pitch (v.1). As a verb from 1952.

Example

1. Here , I 'll give you a piggyback ride .
2. A revised orthotopic piggyback liver transplantation in a canine model .
3. Other software developers are already releasing apps that piggyback on the cable , including one that tracks fuel economy .
4. If they want a fast data connection , they will have to dump their current operator or hope it can piggyback off a rival 's network .
5. Children need hugging and piggyback rides .

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