Piggyback - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɪɡɪbæk|  American pronunciation of the word piggyback
Brit.  |ˈpɪɡɪbæk|  British pronunciation of the word piggyback

noun

- the act of carrying something piggyback

verb

- ride on someone's shoulders or back
- haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
- haul by railroad car
- support on the back and shoulders
He piggybacked her child so she could see the show
- bring into alignment with
an amendment to piggyback the current law

adverb

- on a railroad flatcar (syn: pickaback)
the trailer rode piggyback across the country
- on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip (syn: pickaback)
she carried her child piggyback

Extra examples

The orbiter is riding piggyback on a modified jumbo jet.

I had to carry him piggyback.

He piggybacked her child so she could see the show

He gave his sister a piggyback ride.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: piggyback
he/she/it: piggybacks
present participle: piggybacking
past tense: piggybacked
past participle: piggybacked
noun
singular: piggyback
plural: piggybacks
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