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piggyback Definition


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piggyback
pickaback
noun
    1. A ride on someone's back, with the legs supported by the bearer's arms.
adj
    1. Carried on the back of someone else.
    2. Said of a vehicle: conveyed on top of one another.
    3. Referring or relating to a type of heart transplant surgery in which the patient's own heart is not removed and continues to function in tandem with that of the donor.
adverb
    1. On the back of someone else.
Etymology: 16c.



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