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pickaback

pickaback

1 8.1
On someone's back when another person carries them
  • adverb
: a cuestas
  • He carried his little brother pickaback all the way home.

Examples

  • She gave her friend a pickaback ride through the festival crowd.

  • The child loves to ride pickaback when she gets tired during walks.

  • She carried her little brother pickaback.

  • Can you give me a ride pickaback?

  • He carried his little brother pickaback all the way home.

  • She gave her friend a pickaback ride through the festival crowd.

  • The child loves to ride pickaback when she gets tired during walks.

Synonyms

piggyback
vspickaback
2 3.7

While someone carries you on their back or shoulders

is the same meaning but appears as an alternative form

Compounds

pickaback plant
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant that makes tiny new plants at the base of its leaves

Surface Forms

pickaback positive

Morphology

pickaback = pick + back (transparent) = pick + back

The meaning 'carried on the back/shoulders' is directly derived from the components 'pick' + 'back' (with a fossilized linking 'a'), so learners familiar with those words can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Pickaback is like piggyback and comes from the simple idea pick- + back, literally 'pick a back' meaning 'to pick someone up and put them on your back'. That's why pickaback means to carry someone on your back or shoulders.