Definition of "piggyback" in Anglais

adjective

1. On somebody's back or shoulders.

   • give someone a piggyback ride

2. Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.

3. Attached or appended to something larger or more important.

   • piggyback legislation

adverb

1. On somebody's back or shoulders.

   • to ride piggyback

verb

1. (transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.

2. (transitive) To ride on someone's back or shoulders.

3. (ambitransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.

   • They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.
   • The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.
   • Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch―kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement. Piggybacking on that last part, the ugly business of the critique.

4. (transitive, Internet) 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.

5. (transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.

6. (transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway wagon.

7. (transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with (someone having authorized access); to tailgate.

   • Okay, when someone accesses a door with a card key, anyone additional who comes in with them is piggy-backing on their access, like someone riding piggy-back. Get it?

noun

1. (countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.

2. An act or instance of piggybacking.

3. (medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.