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Definitions for Piggyback

[1] on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
[2] astride the back or shoulders: a piggyback ride.
[3] sharing commercial time, space, etc.: piggyback advertising.
[4] carryable or attachable: a piggyback turbine unit.
[5] added or tacked on; supplementary: a piggyback clause.
[6] noting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle or the like by another, as the carrying of loaded truck trailers on flatcars.
[7] to attach or ally to as or as if a part of the same thing: to piggyback human rights agreements with foreign aid.
[8] to carry (somebody) on the back or shoulders.
[9] to carry (truck trailers) by railroad on flatcars.
[10] Radio and Television Slang . to advertise (two or more products) in the same commercial.
[11] to be transported aboard or atop another carrier: The space shuttle piggybacked on the airplane.
[12] to use, appropriate, or exploit the availability, services, or facilities of another: private clinics piggybacking on federal health-care facilities.
[13] to carry truck trailers by railroad on flatcars.
[14] a house trailer designed to fit over a pickup truck.
[15] a truck trailer carried on a flatcar.
[16] anything that operates in connection with or as part of another.
[17] a ride on the back and shoulders of another person
[18] 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
[19] on the back and shoulders of another person
[20] on or as an addition to something else
[21] of or for a piggyback a piggyback ride ; piggyback lorry trains
[22] of or relating to a type of heart transplant in which the transplanted heart functions in conjunction with the patient's own heart
[23] to give (a person) a piggyback on one's back and shoulders
[24] to transport (one vehicle) on another
[25] (intr often foll by on ) to exploit an existing resource, system, or product
[26] (tr) to attach to or mount on (an existing piece of equipment or system)

Words related to Piggyback

haul, ride, tote, lug, develop, strengthen, intensify, enlarge, multiply, reinforce, heighten, enhance, inflate, boost, expand, amplify, lead, move, back, drive

Words nearby Piggyback

pigging string, piggish, piggott, piggy, piggy bank, piggyback, piggyback car, piggyback plant, pigheaded, piglet, pigling

Origin of Piggyback

First recorded in 1580–90; alteration of pickaback

Synonyms for Piggyback

astraddle, athwart, on the back of, sitting on, straddling