piggyback

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 or pickaback

Noun

a ride on the back and shoulders of another person

Adverb, adj

on the back and shoulders of another person

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