piggyback
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/
:
caballito
- Hey, Kevin, how about a piggyback ride?
A great weight has been lifted from his shoulders now that Trump can no longer make him give him a piggyback ride.
- A great weight has been lifted from his shoulders now that Trump can no longer make him give him a piggyback ride.
Examples
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Get on my back for a piggyback ride.
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Behind them, three young guys carry their girlfriends piggyback, racing each other toward the departure dock.
Fiction book (1998) -
Here, give me a piggyback ride.
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We're going for a piggyback ride.
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Let me give you a piggyback.
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Maggie declined his offer to be carried piggyback across the puddle, but the other two women accepted.
Fiction book (2001) -
When the boy stirs, Lincoln scoops him up and gives him a piggyback ride to his bedroom.
Blog text (8) -
And the idea of Bella riding piggyback on Edward as he zooms through the forest still makes me laugh.
Blog text (22) -
Susie L. Yazzie remembers being carried piggyback after the sheep, then later walking with them while holding her aunt's hand.
Academic text (1998) -
She jumped onto his back for a piggyback ride, laughing as he pretended to be a horse.
Synonyms
1
5.5
A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly
On someone's back when another person carries them
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Piggyback comes from the old phrase pick-a-back, meaning 'to put someone on your back', and the words slowly changed into piggyback. So a piggyback is a short 'ride on someone's back'.