Definition of Piggyback in English :

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Piggyback

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Noun

1. piggyback

the act of carrying something piggyback

Verb

2. piggyback

ride on someone's shoulders or back

3. piggyback

haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars

4. piggyback

haul by railroad car

5. piggyback

support on the back and shoulders

Example Sentences:
'He piggybacked her child so she could see the show'

6. piggyback

bring into alignment with

Example Sentences:
'an amendment to piggyback the current law'

Adverb

7. pickaback, pig-a-back, piggyback

on a railroad flatcar

Example Sentences:
'the trailer rode piggyback across the country'

8. pickaback, pig-a-back, piggyback

on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip

Example Sentences:
'she carried her child piggyback'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Piggyback

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noun
1. 
a ride on the back and shoulders of another person
2. 
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
adverb
3. 
on the back and shoulders of another person
4. 
on or as an addition to something else
adjective
5. 
of or for a piggyback
a piggyback ride
piggyback lorry trains
6. 
of or relating to a type of heart transplant in which the transplanted heart functions in conjunction with the patient's own heart
verb (transitive)
7. 
to give (a person) a piggyback on one's back and shoulders
8. 
to transport (one vehicle) on another
9. (intransitive; often foll by on)
to exploit an existing resource, system, or product
10. (transitive)
to attach to or mount on (an existing piece of equipment or system)

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Piggyback

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adverb
1. 
on the shoulders or back
to carry a child piggyback
2. 
by a piggyback transportation system
3. 
so as to be fixed to, carried by, connected with, or dependent on something else
adjective
4. 
on the shoulders or back
to give a child a piggyback ride
5. 
of a transportation system in which truck trailers are carried on flatcars
6. 
fixed to, carried by, connected with, or dependent on something else
a local piggyback tax on top of the state sales tax
verb transitive US
7. 
to carry or transport piggyback
8. 
to place on or upon something in piggyback fashion
piggyback a new tax on the current one
verb intransitive
9. 
to be placed or held in piggyback fashion

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Piggyback

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adv. & adj.
1. On the shoulders or back: ride piggyback; a piggyback ride.
2. By or relating to a method of transportation in which truck trailers are carried on trains, or cars on specially designed trucks.
3. In connection with something larger or more important: a tariff provision that came piggyback with the tax bill; a piggyback provision to a new piece of legislation.
n.
The act of transporting piggyback.
v. pig·gy·backed, pig·gy·back·ing, pig·gy·backs
v.tr.
To cause to be aligned with an issue, for example, that is larger or more important: "a $21.5-million federal grant to piggyback city and state subsidies" (New York).
v.intr.
To function as if carried on the back of another: "This reagent will piggyback onto an enzyme" (Seth Rolbein).

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