See Also: piggyback(dictionary)
Piggyback Loan(money)
Piggyback Rights(money)
Piggyback registration(money)
Piggyback registration(finance)
piggyback 1, noun(dictionary)
piggyback 2, verb(dictionary)

piggyback (iou)



piggyback adverb, adjective, noun, & verb. . M16.
[Origin unkn.]
A. adverb. Also (earlier) a pick-pack, on pick-pack, (now dial.) pick-a-pack, & other vars. On the back and shoulders of another person like a pack or bundle; transf. on top of another vehicle etc. Freq. in carry piggyback, ride piggyback. M16.
b. adjective.
Involving carrying or being carried on a person's back and shoulders. E19.
transf. Involving the carrying or mounting of one object on top of another, esp. one vehicle on top of another (freq. a loaded truck on a flat railway car). M20.
piggyback plant a N. American plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, with cordate leaves that produce plantlets at the junction with the petiole.
Times Piggyback transplants, in which a patient given a new heart did not have his old heart taken away.
C. noun.
A piggyback ride given to a child etc. E20.
A vehicle carried on top of another. M20.
D. verb.
verb intrans. Ride (as if) on a person's back and shoulders. M20.
verb trans. Give a piggyback to; transf. carry or mount on top of another thing, esp. carry or mount (a loaded truck) on a flat railway car. M20.
Times The..piggy-backing of the craft on a jumbo jet to take it from California to Florida. Weekend Australian A 190-litre freezer that piggybacks a microwave oven.