piggyback
piggyback · piggybacks
A ride on somebody's back or shouldersA ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
US/pˈɪɡibˌæk/
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of piggybacking.
(countable, uncountable)The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
More definitions
- the act of carrying something piggyback
Origin
A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.
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Forms
plural: piggybacksSynonyms
1 synonymsThe connection of one intravenous drip to another:IVPB
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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