PIGGYBACK


Meaning of PIGGYBACK in English

v.

Variant: also pickaback

Function: adjective

Date: 1823

1 : marked by being up on the shoulders and back <a child needs hugging, tussling, and piggyback rides ― Benjamin Spock>

2 : carried or transported piggyback: as a : of or relating to the hauling of truck trailers on railroad flatcars b : being or relating to something carried into space as an extra load by a vehicle (as a spacecraft)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.