piggyback
piggyback
Definition
piggy·back (pig′ē bak′)
adverb
- on the shoulders or back to carry a child piggyback
- by a piggyback transportation system
- so as to be fixed to, carried by, connected with, or dependent on something else
Etymology: alt. of pickaback
adjective
- on the shoulders or back to give a child a piggyback ride
- of a transportation system in which truck trailers are carried on flatcars
- fixed to, carried by, connected with, or dependent on something else a local piggyback tax on top of the state sales tax
transitive verb
- to carry or transport piggyback
- to place on or upon in piggyback fashion piggyback a new tax on the current one
intransitive verb
to be placed or held in piggyback fashion
Browse dictionary entries near piggyback
- piggy bank
- piggy
- piggishness
- piggishly
- piggish
- pigging
- piggin
- piggiest
- piggies
- piggier
- piggybacking
- pigheaded
- pigheadedly
- pigheadedness
- piglet
- pigment
- pigmentary
- pigmentation
- pigmentize
- pigmentized
