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piggyback

pig·gy·back

US/ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/ uncommon
adverb (2) verb (5)

adverb

1.

on a railroad flatcar

  • “the trailer rode piggyback across the country”
Synonyms
2.

on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip

  • “she carried her child piggyback”
Synonyms

verb

1.

ride on someone''s shoulders or back

2.

haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars

3.
4.

carry on the back or shoulders

  • “She piggybacked a sick classmate to school”
5.

support on the back and shoulders

  • “He piggybacked her child so she could see the show”

Origin

A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

Phrases

  • fireman's carry
  • piggyback plant
  • piggyback tax

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