Piggyback was first used in the 16th century as an adverb, meaning "up on the back and shoulders" (as in "the child was carried piggyback"). It comes from a phrase of unknown origin, …

PIGGYBACK definition: 1. a ride on someone's back with your arms round the person's neck and your legs round their waist…. Learn more.

PIGGYBACK definition: on the back or shoulders. See examples of piggyback used in a sentence.

You can use piggyback as an adverb or a noun: "Will you give me a piggyback the rest of the way home?" It can also mean "use someone else's work for support or advantage," like when your …

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.

Definition of piggyback noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you give someone a piggyback, you carry them high on your back, supporting them under their knees. They give each other piggy-back rides. Piggyback is also an adverb. My father carried …

3 days ago · piggyback (third-person singular simple present piggybacks, present participle piggybacking, simple past and past participle piggybacked) (transitive) To carry (someone) on …

Factsheet What does the word piggyback mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word piggyback. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

to (cause to) be attached to, carried on, or added to something else: [~ + object] They piggybacked a clause to the amendment. [no object] The amendment will probably piggyback …