Hyphenation of piggyback

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word piggyback? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pig-gy-back

Definitions of piggyback:

1.	The act of carrying something piggyback
2.	Ride on someone's shoulders or back
3.	Haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
4.	Haul by railroad car
5.	Support on the back and shoulders He piggybacked her child so she could see the show
6.	Bring into alignment with An amendment to piggyback the current law
7.	On a railroad flatcar The trailer rode piggyback across the country
8.	On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip She carried her child piggyback

Synonyms of piggyback:

verb	ride
verb	haul
verb	haul
verb	bear
verb	hold, carry, bear
adv	pickaback, pig-a-back
adv	pickaback, pig-a-back

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.