PIGGYBACK


Meaning of PIGGYBACK in English

v.

Variant: also pickaback

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1952

1 : to carry up on the shoulders and back

2 : to haul (as a truck trailer) by railroad car

3 : to set up or cause to function in conjunction with something larger, more important, or already in existence or operation

intransitive verb : to function or be carried on or as if on the back of another

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