piggyback
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pig·gy·back
(pĭg′ē-băk′)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).
[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
(ˈpɪɡɪˌbæk) orpickaback
n
1. (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
3. (Games, other than specified) on the back and shoulders of another person
4. on or as an addition to something else
adj
5. of or for a piggyback: a piggyback ride; piggyback lorry trains.
6. (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)
7. to give (a person) a piggyback on one's back and shoulders
8. to transport (one vehicle) on another
9. (often foll by: on) to exploit an existing resource, system, or product
10. (Electronics) (tr) to attach to or mount on (an existing piece of equipment or system)
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pig•gy•back
(ˈpɪg iˌbæk)adv.
1. on the back or shoulders: The child rode piggyback on her father.
adj. 2. astride the back or shoulders: a piggyback ride.
3. attached to, carried on, or allied with something else: a piggyback clause.
4. noting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle on another, as the carrying of truck trailers on flatcars.
v.t. 5. to attach to, carry on, or ally with something else.
6. to carry on the back or shoulders.
7. to carry (one vehicle) on another.
v.i. 8. to be attached to or carried on something else.
n. 9. a piggyback ride.
10. a vehicle on which another is carried.
11. anything attached to or carried on something else.
Sometimes, pickaback. [1580–90; alter. of pickaback]
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piggyback
Past participle: piggybacked
Gerund: piggybacking
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| 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" | |
| 5. | piggyback - bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law" | |
| Adv. | 1. | piggyback - on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country" |
| 2. | piggyback - on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback" |
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Translations
na chrbteniesť na chrbte
piggyback
[ˈpɪgɪbæk]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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.
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.
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.
I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea → Je surfais juste sur l'idée de Stokes.piggy bank piggybank [ˈpɪgibæŋk] n → tirelire fpig-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
My father carried me up the hill, piggyback → Mon père me porta à califourchon en haut de la colline.
piggyback on
vt → surfer surI was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea → Je surfais juste sur l'idée de Stokes.piggy bank piggybank [ˈpɪgibæŋk] n → tirelire fpig-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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pig
(pig) noun1. a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon. He keeps pigs.
2. an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person. You pig!
ˈpiggy – plural ˈpiggies – noun a child's word for a (little) pig.
adjective like a pig's. piggy eyes.
ˈpiglet (-lit) noun a baby pig.
piggybackpickabackˌpigˈheaded adjective stubborn. a pigheaded idiot.
ˌpigˈheadedness nounˈpigskin noun, adjective
(of) a kind of leather made from the skin of a pig. Her purse was (made of) pigskin.
ˈpigsty – plural ˈpigsties, ~ˈpigstyes – noun1. a building in which pigs are kept.
2. a dirty, untidy place. This room is a pigsty!
pigswillswillˈpigtail noun a plait usually worn at the sides of the head. She wears her hair in pigtails.
pigs might fly said of something very unlikely to happen. `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!'
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