pickaback

• Adverbe vieilli signifiant « sur le dos ou les épaules », comme lorsqu'on porte quelqu'un sur son dos. C'est une variante plus ancienne du terme moderne « piggyback » et il est rarement utilisé en anglais contemporain.

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.

1. C1formal

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

   Transport de camions sur wagons plats

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

   Synonymespiggyback

2. On the back or shouldersB2informal

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

   Sur le dos ou les épaules

   • 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.

   Synonymespiggyback