"piggy-back" meaning in English

See piggy-back in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} piggy-back (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of piggy back Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: piggy back
    Sense id: en-piggy-back-en-adj-ATVax2V~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 29 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 28 25

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adverb|-}} piggy-back (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of piggy back Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: piggy back
    Sense id: en-piggy-back-en-adv-ATVax2V~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 29 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 28 25

Noun

Forms: piggy-backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piggy-back (countable and uncountable, plural piggy-backs)
  1. Alternative form of piggy back Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: piggy back
    Sense id: en-piggy-back-en-noun-ATVax2V~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 29 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 28 25

Verb

Forms: piggy-backs [present, singular, third-person], piggy-backing [participle, present], piggy-backed [participle, past], piggy-backed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} piggy-back (third-person singular simple present piggy-backs, present participle piggy-backing, simple past and past participle piggy-backed)
  1. Alternative form of piggy back Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: piggy back
    Sense id: en-piggy-back-en-verb-ATVax2V~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 29 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 28 25

Inflected forms

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