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.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее наречие, означающее 'на спине или плечах', как при переноске кого-либо на закорках. Это более старый вариант современного термина 'piggyback' и редко используется в современном английском языке.

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.

   🇷🇺На железнодорожной платформе

   Синонимы: 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.

   🇷🇺На спине или плечах

   Синонимы: piggyback

• more pickaback comparative form
• most pickaback superlative form