piggyback
piggy|back /p'ɪgibæk/ (piggybacks piggybacking piggybacked)
also piggy-back
1 [N-COUNT]
If you give someone a piggyback, you carry them high on your back, supporting them under their knees.
They give each other piggy-back rides.
[ADV] ADV after v
Piggyback is also an adverb.
My father carried me up the hill, piggyback.
2 [VERB] V on n, V onto n, also V
If you piggyback on something that someone else has thought of or done, you use it to your advantage.
I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea...
They are piggybacking onto developed technology.
also piggy-back
1 [N-COUNT]
If you give someone a piggyback, you carry them high on your back, supporting them under their knees.
They give each other piggy-back rides.
[ADV] ADV after v
Piggyback is also an adverb.
My father carried me up the hill, piggyback.
2 [VERB] V on n, V onto n, also V
If you piggyback on something that someone else has thought of or done, you use it to your advantage.
I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea...
They are piggybacking onto developed technology.