piggybacking
Speech parts
1. piggybacking - Noun
2. piggybacking - Verb
Meaning
piggybacking
present participle of piggyback
piggybacking (uncountable)
The practice of carrying something piggyback.
Examples
After spotting the self-propagating malware in the wild, Kamluk noted that it automatically adapts to COVID-19 pandemic as a computer parasite piggybacking on the coronavirus being a hot topic and used as a “carrier” for the cyber counterpart.
Police officers were preventing motorcyclists from piggybacking, and motorcycles hired by apps such as Gojek and Grab could only deliver goods, not carry passengers.
Initial versions of the CoCo were upgraded to 32K by means of piggybacking two banks of 16K memory chips and adding a few jumper wires.
Enabling third-party identity providers and piggybacking on their 2FA is a simple means to boost your security without great expense or effort.
Making his tournament debut piggybacking a confidence-building T12 at the RBC Canadian Open where he ranked third in par-5 scoring and 11th in strokes gained: putting.
He’s piggybacking on the work of those who’ve worked for decades in that spot, without any kind of reimbursement for it.