piggyback
Meanings
Adjective
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
- Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
- Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
Adverb
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
Verb
- to carry someone on the back or shoulders.
- To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
- To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
- To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
- To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
- To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
Noun
- A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
- An act or instance of piggybacking.
Related
Similar words
Origin
- A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.
Modern English dictionary
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