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.

• 🇵🇹Advérbio arcaico que significa 'nas costas ou nos ombros', como ao carregar alguém nas costas. É uma variante mais antiga do termo moderno 'piggyback' e raramente é usado no inglês atual.

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.

   🇵🇹Sobre vagão-plataforma

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Nas costas ou ombros

   Sinônimos: piggyback

• more pickaback comparative form
• most pickaback superlative form