backpack
to go on a hike, using a backpack: We went backpacking in the Adirondacks.
to place or carry in a backpack or on one's back.
Origin of backpack
1Other words from backpack
- backpacker, noun
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How to use backpack in a sentence
After that, backpackers on the South American ‘Gringo Trail’ began touring and partying in San Pedro.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison | Jason Batansky | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe place where 10-million backpackers have lost their self-respect (hopefully just temporarily).
The country now relies on foreigners—many of them backpackers passing through—for a third of its supply.
British Dictionary definitions for backpack
/ (ˈbækˌpæk) /
a rucksack or knapsack
a pack carried on the back of an astronaut, containing oxygen cylinders, essential supplies, etc
(intr) to travel about or go hiking with a backpack
(tr) to transport (food or equipment) by backpack
Derived forms of backpack
- backpacker, noun
- backpacking, noun
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