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.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adverb, das 'auf dem Rücken oder den Schulden' bedeutet, wie beim Tragen einer Person huckepack. Es ist eine ältere Variante des heutigen Begriffs 'piggyback' und wird im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

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.

   🇩🇪Auf der Eisenbahnplattform

   Synonyme: 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.

   🇩🇪Auf dem Rücken oder den Schultern

   Synonyme: piggyback

• more pickaback comparative form
• most pickaback superlative form