piggyback
[ pig-ee-bak ]
/ ˈpɪg iˌbæk /
adverb
on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
adjective
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.
noting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle or the like by another, as the carrying of loaded truck trailers on flatcars.
verb (used with object)
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.
to carry (truck trailers) by railroad on flatcars.
Radio and Television Slang.
to advertise (two or more products) in the same commercial.
verb (used without object)
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.
to carry truck trailers by railroad on flatcars.
noun
a house trailer designed to fit over a pickup truck.
a truck trailer carried on a flatcar.
anything that operates in connection with or as part of another.
Also
pickaback
(for defs 1, 2).
Origin of piggyback
First recorded in 1580–90; alteration of
pickaback
Words nearby piggyback
pigging string,
piggish,
piggott,
piggy,
piggy bank,
piggyback,
piggyback car,
piggyback plant,
pigheaded,
piglet,
pigling
Example sentences from the Web for piggyback
Pray would ultimately come to believe Tareq was trying to “piggyback” off her Bravo show to get himself noticed.
But the Piggyback Bandit keeps making bail and keeps finding new ways to commit his “crimes.”
Sherwin Shayegan, the Piggyback Bandit, Is the Bane of High School Games |Winston Ross |February 20, 2012 |DAILY BEASTThat led deputies to Tessier, who lived about a block away from where “Johnny” first offered the girls a piggyback ride.
Piggyback Service economies - These are economies, which provide predator economies with services.
After the Rain |Sam Vaknin
Anketam, you could carry me piggyback, while Blejjo goes over to fetch my pole.
The Destroyers |Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for piggyback
piggyback
pickaback
/ (ˈpɪɡɪˌbæk) /
noun
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
adverb
on the back and shoulders of another person
on or as an addition to something else
adjective
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
verb (tr)
to give (a person) a piggyback on one's back and shoulders
to transport (one vehicle) on another
(intr often foll by on)
to exploit an existing resource, system, or product
(tr)
to attach to or mount on (an existing piece of equipment or system)