piggyback
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. On somebody's back or shoulders.
- a piggyback ride
- to ride piggyback
2. Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
- Until this time the railroads had favored piggyback services (...) (John H. Mahoney, Intermodal Freight Transportation, 1985)
adverb
1. on a railroad flatcar
- the trailer rode piggyback across the country
Similar word(s): pickaback
2. on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip
- she carried her child piggyback
Similar word(s): pickaback
verb
1. ride on someone's shoulders or back
Definition categories: motion, ride
2. haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
Definition categories: contact, haul
3. haul by railroad car
Definition categories: contact, haul
4. support on the back and shoulders
- He piggybacked her child so she could see the show
Definition categories: contact, bear, carry, hold
5. bring into alignment with
- an amendment to piggyback the current law
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with piggyback as a verb:
- They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.
- The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.