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Meaning of piggyback

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  piggyback
      adv 1: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across
             the country" [syn: {piggyback}, {pickaback},
             {pig-a-back}]
      2: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried
         her child piggyback" [syn: {piggyback}, {pickaback},
         {pig-a-back}]
      n 1: the act of carrying something piggyback
      v 1: ride on someone's shoulders or back
      2: haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
      3: haul by railroad car
      4: support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child
         so she could see the show"
      5: bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the
         current law"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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