carry sb pickaback

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• piggyback — I. adverb also pickaback Etymology: alteration of earlier a pick pack, of unknown origin Date: 1565 1. up on the back and shoulders 2. on or as if on the back of another; especially on a railroad flatcar II. noun also pickaback …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• piggyback — /pig ee bak /, adv. 1. on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father. adj. 2. astride the back or shoulders: a piggyback ride. 3. sharing commercial time, space, etc.: piggyback advertising. 4. carryable or attachable: a… …   Universalium

• 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… …   From formal English to slang

• support — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Maintenance Nouns 1. (financial support) support, maintenance, upkeep, sustenance. See aid. 2. (foundation) ground, foundation, groundwork, substratum, base, basis; terra firma; purchase, grip, footing,… …   English dictionary for students

• piggyback — [pig′ē bak΄] adv. [alt. of PICKABACK] 1. on the shoulders or back [to carry a child piggyback] 2. by a piggyback transportation system 3. so as to be fixed to, carried by, connected with, or dependent on something else adj. 1. on the shoulders or …   English World dictionary

• Piggy-back (transportation) — Something that is piggy backed (archaically known as pickaback) is something that is riding on the back of something else. To piggy back (or to go on a piggyback ride) is to ride on someone s back and/or shoulders. A piggyback ride on top of… …   Wikipedia

• Helvetism — A Helvetism (new lat. Helvetia = Switzerland and ism) is any distinctive characteristic of Swiss Standard German that is not found in other varieties of Standard German. The most typical helvetisms appear characteristically in vocabulary and… …   Wikipedia

• pig|gy|back — «PIHG ee BAK», adverb, adjective, noun, verb. –adv. on the back or shoulders: »a father carrying a baby piggyback. Flatcars often take trucks piggyback from one place to another. –adj. 1. of or having to do with the transporting of loaded truck… …   Useful english dictionary