Usually means: Riding on another's back, support.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 10 dictionaries that define the word piggybacked:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. piggybacked: Merriam-Webster
  2. piggybacked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. piggybacked: Vocabulary.com
  4. piggybacked: Wordnik
  5. piggybacked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. piggybacked: Wiktionary
  7. piggybacked: Dictionary.com
  8. piggybacked: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piggybacked: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piggybacked: Encyclopedia

(Note: See piggyback as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (piggyback)

adjective:  On somebody's back or shoulders.
adjective:  Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
adjective:  Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
adverb:  On somebody's back or shoulders.
verb:  (transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
verb:  (transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway wagon.
verb:  (transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with (someone having authorized access); to tailgate.
noun:  (countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
noun:  An act or instance of piggybacking.
noun:  (medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
▸ Also see piggyback


Opposite:

Words similar to piggybacked

Usage examples for piggybacked

Idioms related to piggybacked

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing piggybacked

Popular nouns described by piggybacked

Words that often appear near piggybacked

Rhymes of piggybacked

Invented words related to piggybacked

Similar:

Opposite:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux