pickaback

An archaic adverb meaning 'on the back or shoulders,' as in carrying someone piggyback. It is an older variant of the modern term 'piggyback' and is rarely used in contemporary English.

• 🌐ظرف قديم يعني 'على الظهر أو الكتفين'، كما في حمل شخص على الظهر أو الكتفين. وهو شكل أقدم من المصطلح الحديث 'piggyback' وقليل الاستخدام في الإنجليزية المعاصرة.

1. On a railroad flatcar C1 formal

   Describes the transport of a truck or trailer on a railroad flatcar.

   • The trucks were shipped pickaback across the country.
   • The company uses pickaback transport to reduce costs.
   • The trailers were loaded pickaback onto the train.

   🌐على منصة السكة الحديد

   المرادفات: piggyback

2. On the back or shoulders B2 informal

   Carried on someone's back, shoulders, or straddled on the hip.

   • The child rode pickaback on his father's shoulders.
   • She carried her little sister pickaback through the park.
   • He gave his daughter a pickaback ride home.

   🌐على الظهر أو الكتفين

   المرادفات: piggyback

• more pickaback comparative form
• most pickaback superlative form