noun
- a ride on someone's back and shoulders, typically of a child being carried by an adult
Usage: usually singular 'piggyback' is more common in modern usage; informal
adverb
- on or as if on someone's back and shoulders
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'ride pickaback'
Examples
- The little girl asked for a pickaback ride from her father.
- He carried his son pickabacks through the crowded fair.
- The children took turns going pickabacks on their uncle's shoulders.
- She rode pickabacks on her older brother's back down the hallway.
- The toddler giggled as he went pickabacks around the living room.