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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pig•gy•back /ˈpɪgiˌbæk/USA pronunciation adv. - on the back or shoulders:The child rode piggyback on her father.
adj. - on the back or shoulders:[before a noun]a piggyback ride.
- attached to, carried on, or added to something else:a piggyback clause concerning the property.
- Rail Transportof or relating to the carrying of one vehicle on another, as the carrying of truck trailers on flatcars.
v. - to carry on the back or shoulders:[~ + object]He piggybacked his daughter into her crib.
- to (cause to) be attached to, carried on, or added to something else: [~ + object]They piggybacked a clause to the amendment.[no object]The amendment will probably piggyback on the other bill.
- Rail Transport[~ + object] to carry (one vehicle) on another.
n. [countable] - a piggyback ride.
- Rail Transporta vehicle on which another is carried.
- anything attached to or carried on something else.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pig•gy•back (pig′ē bak′),USA pronunciation adv. - on the back or shoulders:The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
adj. - astride the back or shoulders:a piggyback ride.
- sharing commercial time, space, etc.:piggyback advertising.
- carryable or attachable:a piggyback turbine unit.
- added or tacked on;
supplementary:a piggyback clause. - Rail Transportnoting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle or the like by another, as the carrying of loaded truck trailers on flatcars.
v.t. - to attach or ally to as or as if a part of the same thing:to piggyback human rights agreements with foreign aid.
- to carry (somebody) on the back or shoulders.
- Rail Transportto carry (truck trailers) by railroad on flatcars.
- Show Business[Radio and Television Slang.]to advertise (two or more products) in the same commercial.
v.i. - to be transported aboard or atop another carrier:The space shuttle piggybacked on the airplane.
- to use, appropriate, or exploit the availability, services, or facilities of another:private clinics piggybacking on federal health-care facilities.
- Rail Transportto carry truck trailers by railroad on flatcars.
n. - a house trailer designed to fit over a pickup truck.
- Rail Transporta truck trailer carried on a flatcar.
- anything that operates in connection with or as part of another.
Also, pickaback (for defs. 1, 2). - alteration of pickaback 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piggyback /ˈpɪɡɪˌbæk/, pickaback n - a ride on the back and shoulders of another person
- a system whereby a vehicle, aircraft, etc, is transported for part of its journey on another vehicle, such as a flat railway wagon, another aircraft, etc
adv - on the back and shoulders of another person
- on or as an addition to something else
adj - of or for a piggyback: a piggyback ride, piggyback lorry trains
- of or relating to a type of heart transplant in which the transplanted heart functions in conjunction with the patient's own heart
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