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🧒 A ride on back 🧒 To carry on back ➕ To add or combine 🚚 To transport on top 🧒 On someone's back 🚚 On top of vehicle
piggyback

piggyback

4.8
When one object is carried on top of another
  • adverb
  • /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : montado sobre
  • They loaded the car piggyback on the flatbed truck.

Examples

  • Many new cars are delivered piggyback on specialized railcars across the country.

  • Can we transport the bikes piggyback on the van?

  • The heavy equipment was shipped piggyback from the manufacturer to the construction site.

  • The small boat traveled piggyback atop the larger vessel during the journey.

  • Many new cars are delivered piggyback on specialized railcars across the country.

  • The heavy equipment was shipped piggyback on a flatbed truck to the construction site.

  • The small boat traveled piggyback on top of the larger vessel during the rescue operation.

Antonyms

to unload
125 2.6

Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck

Compounds

piggyback plant
  • Specialized
9.9

A small green plant that grows baby plants on its leaves

Surface Forms

piggyback positive

Etymology

Piggyback used as an adverb comes from pick-a-back ('to put on the back') and the idea of one thing riding on another. It is now used to say something travelled or was moved 'on top of another vehicle'.