Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bag made of sturdy material and furnished with shoulder straps, designed for carrying articles on the back.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A case or bag of leather or strong cloth for carrying a soldier's necessaries, closely strapped to the back between the shoulders; hence, any case or bag for similar use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies for a soldier or a traveler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
- verb To go
hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight (or longer.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her old knapsack is ready with good luck talismans, the Christmas and birthday cards from him and a minimum amount of clothes and cosmetics.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
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Her old knapsack is ready with good luck talismans, the Christmas and birthday cards from him and a minimum amount of clothes and cosmetics.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
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He steals a knapsack from the trusting Pedro, and with that he heads off to find the father, a bearish dishwasher, and to exploit the prospect of someone else to rob.
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Her old knapsack is ready with good luck talismans, the Christmas and birthday cards from him and a minimum amount of clothes and cosmetics.
Watching Pablo sleep 1999
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Her old knapsack is ready with good luck talismans, the Christmas and birthday cards from him and a minimum amount of clothes and cosmetics.
Watching Pablo sleep 1999
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If there is no solution, then we call knapsack (s, i + 1) to see if there is a solution that does not use wi.
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I can only imagine his knapsack is full of dildos and anal beads and ticklers and handcuffs and shit.
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I can only imagine his knapsack is full of lube and anal beads and ticklers and handcuffs and shit.
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And Michele’s Hello Kitty knapsack is pretty cute.
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Slung to the knapsack are the cooking kettle and the hatchet, with which the wood to kindle the nightly fire and build the nightly hut is to be cut down.
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