Noun
- 1. piggyback, carry
- usage: the act of carrying something piggyback
Verb
- 1. piggyback, ride
- usage: ride on someone's shoulders or back
- 2. piggyback, haul
- usage: haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
- 3. piggyback, haul
- usage: haul by railroad car
- 4. piggyback, hold, carry, bear
- usage: support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show"
- 5. piggyback, change, alter, modify
- usage: bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law"
Adverb
- 1. piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back
- usage: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country"
- 2. piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back
- usage: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback"
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