piggyback

adverb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Etymology: A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

On somebody's back or shoulders.
“give someone a piggyback ride”
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
“A Montreal-Toronto "Piggyback" freight of the Canadian Pacific.”
“What might be termed the psychological break-through for U.S. piggyback came in 1953-54. A prototype 75-foot piggyback flatcar was built, establishing the precedent for today's standard car with a capacity for two road trailers.”
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
“piggyback legislation”

Etymology: A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

Etymology: A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
“The growth is taken for granted; what absorbs Americans today is the implication of piggyback for gross revenues and, more important, net profits.”
“The GOP had done its homework prior to bargaining for these piggybacks.”
The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
“Piggyback medications are given through a port of an existing intravenous site. […] Calculation of the drip rate for piggybacks is the same as any other drip rate.”
“Certain IV drugs, whether given by piggyback or through a metered-dose infusion set, may be incompatible with an existing continuous IV infusion.”

Etymology: A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
To ride on someone's back or shoulders.
To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
“They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.”
“The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.”
To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway wagon.
“American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between.”
To enter a secured area at the same time along with (someone having authorized access); to tailgate.
“Okay, when someone accesses a door with a card key, anyone additional who comes in with them is piggy-backing on their access, like someone riding piggy-back. Get it?”