piggyback (redirected from piggybacking)

pig·gy·back  (pg-bk)

adv. & adj.

1. On the shoulders or back: ride piggyback; a piggyback ride.

2. By or relating to a method of transportation in which truck trailers are carried on trains, or cars on specially designed trucks.

3. 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.

n.

The act of transporting piggyback.

v. pig·gy·backed, pig·gy·back·ing, pig·gy·backs

v.tr.

To cause to be aligned with an issue, for example, that is larger or more important: "a $21.5-million federal grant to piggyback city and state subsidies" (New York).

v.intr.

To function as if carried on the back of another: "This reagent will piggyback onto an enzyme" (Seth Rolbein).

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[Alteration of dialectal pig back, alteration of pickaback, pickback, pick pack : probably dialectal pick, to throw (variant of pitch) + back or pack.]

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piggyback [ˈpɪgɪˌbæk], pickaback

n

1. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) a ride on the back and shoulders of another person

2. a system whereby a vehicle, aircraft, etc., is transported for part of its journey on another vehicle, such as a flat railway wagon, another aircraft, etc.

adv

1. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) on the back and shoulders of another person

2. on or as an addition to something else

adj

1. of or for a piggyback a piggyback ride piggyback lorry trains

2. (Medicine / Surgery) of or relating to a type of heart transplant in which the transplanted heart functions in conjunction with the patient's own heart

vb (tr)

1. to give (a person) a piggyback on one's back and shoulders

2. to transport (one vehicle) on another

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	piggyback - the act of carrying something piggyback carry - the act of carrying something
Verb	1.	piggyback - ride on someone's shoulders or back ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
	2.	piggyback - haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars haul - transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"
	3.	piggyback - haul by railroad car haul - transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"
	4.	piggyback - support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show" carry, bear, hold - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
	5.	piggyback - bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Adv.	1.	piggyback - on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country" pickaback, pig-a-back
	2.	piggyback - on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback" pickaback, pig-a-back

Translations

piggyback [ˈpɪgɪbæk]

A. N to give sb a piggyback → llevar a algn a cuestas

B. ADV to carry sb piggyback → llevar a algn a cuestas

piggyback piggy-back [ˈpɪgibæk]

n
to give sb a piggyback → porter qn sur son dos
I can't give you a piggyback, you're too heavy → Je ne peux pas te porter sur mon dos, tu es trop lourd.

adj
to give sb a piggyback ride → porter qn sur le dos
They give each other piggy-back rides → Ils se portent sur le dos à tour de rôle.

adv [carry, ride] → à califourchon
My father carried me up the hill, piggyback → Mon père me porta à califourchon en haut de la colline.

piggyback on

vt → surfer sur
I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea → Je surfais juste sur l'idée de Stokes.
piggy bank piggybank [ˈpɪgibæŋk] n → tirelire f
pig-headed pigheaded [ˌpɪgˈhɛdɪd] adj → têtu(e) comme une mule
She, in her pig-headed way, insists that she is right → Elle soutient, têtue comme une mule comme à son habitude, qu'elle a raison .
pig-headedness [ˌpɪgˈhɛdɪdnɪs] n → entêtement m

piggyback

n to give somebody a piggyback → jdn huckepack nehmen; the little girl wanted a piggyback → das kleine Mädchen wollte huckepack getragen werden

adv (US Rail, also Comput) → huckepack inv

vi to piggyback on something (fig) → etw (zu seinem Vorteil) ausnutzen

piggyback [ˈpɪgɪˌbæk] n to give sb a piggyback → portare qn in groppa

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piggyback [ˈpɪgɪˌbæk] n to give sb a piggyback → portare qn in groppa