Dictionary Definition
piggyback adv
1 on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode
piggyback across the country" [syn: pickaback, pig-a-back]
2 on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the
hip; "she carried her child piggyback" [syn: pickaback, pig-a-back]
Verb
1 ride on someone's shoulders or back
2 haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on
railroad cars
3 haul by railroad car
4 carry on the back or shoulders; "She
piggybacked a sick classmate to school"
5 support on the back and shoulders; "He
piggybacked her child so she could see the show"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
- a piggyback ride
Adverb
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
- to ride piggyback
Verb
- To attach or append something to another
(usually larger) object or event.
- They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.
- 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.
References
Extensive Definition
Piggybacking may refer to:
- Piggy-back
(transportation), something that is riding on the back of
something else
- Autorack, transporting cars on trains
- Piggybacking (security), occurs when an authorized person allows (intentionally or unintentionally) others to pass through a secure door, negating the purpose of an access control system such as keypad, pass card or biometric identification scanner
- Splash cymbal piggybacking, mounting a cymbal on top of an already stand mounted cymbal
- Seasoned trade line, strangers with bad credit using someone with good credit's credit card account
- Piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii
- Piggy-back (law), shareholder selling rights
- Piggybacking (data transmission), a bi-directional data transmission technique in network layer
- Piggybacking (internet access), obtaining wi-fi access by bringing one's own computer within the range of another subscriber's service
- Multiplexing, multiple signals combined into one
- Piggyback circuit breaker, a double-switch that fits in a single slot in a breaker panel. This is only if they are side-by-side in the same unit — it does not count single half-height units which share a slot. Both are used when a panel has run out of slots, but can still accept the current. The piggyback breaker has two separate outputs, one for each circuit
- Piggybacked contact lens, using a smaller, rigid contact lens on top of a larger, soft contact lens for clinical reasons
- Piggybacking (intravenous therapy), a second infusion set onto the same line
- Piggyback marketing, used to reduce risk, and more established companies can leverage the brand and market reach of a partner to help them very quickly pick up the credibility and awareness needed in new market segments
- Piggyback registration, when owners of restricted stock in a public company are allowed to participate in a public offering underwritten by another party