Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sturdy bag designed for carrying articles on a person's back, having shoulder straps and often mounted on a lightweight frame.
- noun A piece of equipment, often containing life-support devices, designed to be used while being carried on the back.
- intransitive verb To hike or travel while carrying a backpack.
- intransitive verb To carry in a backpack.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a bag carried on the back, supported by straps looped over the shoulders.
- intransitive verb to hike while carrying a backpack; -- often used in the form
go backpacking .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knapsack , sometimesmounted on a lightframe , but always supported bystraps , worn on a person’s back for the purpose ofcarrying things, especially whenhiking , or on a student's back whencarrying books. - noun A similarly placed item containing a
parachute or otherlife-support equipment . - verb intransitive To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
- verb intransitive To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
- verb transitive To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- verb hike with a backpack
Etymologies
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Examples
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Actually, my backpack is a carry-on or “hand luggage”.
Hand Luggage Only: The Big Lessons Learned | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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June 4th, 2010 at 7: 50 am drugs in backpack in: Science & Technology News
1 in 5 High School Students in the U.S. Abuse Prescription Drugs drugs in backpack – Impact Lab 2010
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I'd been living out of a backpack from the end of August, traversing many different climates.
not a fashionista moment @1985 Another Outspoken Female 2009
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Finally, the best way to support your Fen of Color, besides just listening and unpacking your backpack, is to buy and support Authors and Artists of Color.
Monday (on Tuesday) Book Links 5/18-5/24 « A Working Title 2009
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That said, the backpack is still the easiest solution.
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I'd been living out of a backpack from the end of August, traversing many different climates.
Archive 2009-10-01 Another Outspoken Female 2009
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Elayna's backpack is packed, and her outfit is carefully chosen, and tomorrow she will start high school.
Monday jdotmi 2009
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No Daddy following you around to be sure your backpack is fully loaded.
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That said, the backpack is still the easiest solution.
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The maximum weight you can carry in this backpack is equivalent to the mandays budget for your project.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
yarb commented on the word backpack
It's the only kind of luggage for me!
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word backpack
What, no haversack?
November 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word backpack
On a day-trip I would pack a haversack. But not for a long voyage. Unless I was doing it in a Dick Whittington-style.
November 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word backpack
Thrice mayor of London!
This is way off topic, but I remember when I discovered that Dick Whittington really *was* Mayor of London. I was thrilled.
November 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word backpack
It's a story with relevance for us all. Turn again, chained_bear!
November 17, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word backpack
This morning, for the second time, I left the house I live in with my backpack open. Not until I sat on the train I realized that, since no one of the fifty people (maybe more) that saw it told me.
Welcome to New York City.
March 25, 2009
yarb commented on the word backpack
Instead of being surprised that no one told you, you should be surprised that no-one removed the contents.
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word backpack
My thoughts exactly. We were just having a conversation in class this morning about ways to invite petty theft of one's personal belongings on the streets of Madrid. The open backpack was high on the list. (Unfortunately, looking Japanese or Korean seemed to top the list).
March 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word backpack
You know, it's definitely a good thing that Pro's belongings aren't missing now, but I have to say, New Yorkers are much friendlier and saner than they are usually given credit for.
But I still like all those crazy New York stories. :)
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word backpack
I love to go a wan-der-ing
Along a mountain track.
Oh I love to go a wan-der-ing
With my backpack on my back.
Fol-de-ree-ee
Fol-de-rah-ah
Fol-de-ree-ee
Fol-de-rah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah
Fol-de-ree-ee
Fol-de-rah-ah
With my back pack on my back!
March 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word backpack
Try Asia, Pro. If your backpack's not open a scroat with a knife will give you some help.
March 26, 2009
mollusque commented on the word backpack
Nobody is listing scroat. Why don't you?
March 26, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word backpack
yarb, I don't know if there is something missing, since I can't remember what was in it...
March 26, 2009