piggyback

piggyback
pig•gy•back
[[t]ˈpɪg iˌbæk[/t]] adv.
1) on the back or shoulders:
The child rode piggyback on her father[/ex]
2) astride the back or shoulders:
a piggyback ride[/ex]
3) cvb attached to, carried on, or allied with something else:
a piggyback clause[/ex]
4) rai noting or pertaining to the carrying of one vehicle on another, as the carrying of truck trailers on flatcars
5) cvb to attach to, carry on, or ally with something else
6) cvb to carry on the back or shoulders
7) rai to carry (one vehicle) on another
8) cvb to be attached to or carried on something else
9) a piggyback ride
10) cvb rai a vehicle on which another is carried
11) cvb anything attached to or carried on something else
Sometimes, pickaback Etymology: 1580–90; alter. of pickaback

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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