piggyback
/pˈɪɡibˌæk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
On somebody's back or shoulders.
adj
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
adv
On somebody's back or shoulders.
verb
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.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "give someone a piggyback ride"
- "A Montreal-Toronto "Piggyback" freight of the Canadian Pacific."
- "What might be termed the psychological break-through for U.S. piggyback came in 1953-54. A prototype 75-foot piggyback flatcar was built, establishing the precedent for today's standard car with a capacity for two road trailers."
- "Until this time the railroads had favored piggyback services […]"
- "piggyback legislation"
- "to ride piggyback"