piggyback
3.7
While someone carries you on their back or shoulders
- adverb
- /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/
:
a caballito
- She rode piggyback on her father's shoulders.
Examples
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The little girl wanted to ride piggyback on her father during the hike.
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Michael carried his little brother piggyback across the park.
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He gave his friend a piggyback home after the party.
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She carried her son piggyback across the stream.
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She carried her son piggyback while crossing the muddy field.
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During the family hike, the little girl asked her father for a piggyback ride up the steep hill.
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After a long day at the amusement park, he gave his daughter a piggyback to the car.
Synonyms
pickaback
vspiggyback
8.1
On someone's back when another person carries them
has the same meaning but is an alternative form or spelling
Compounds
Surface Forms
piggyback positive
Etymology
Piggyback comes from an older phrase pick-a-back, which meant 'to put someone on your back', and over time people changed the sound to piggyback. So to go piggyback is to ride 'on someone's back'.
