backpack

Meaning

Noun

1. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
2. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
2. (intransitive) To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
3. (rare, transitive) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.

Synonyms

rucksack

🎒

knapsack

pack

haversack

packsack

back pack

trek

hike

range

cast

satchel

wander

carry on back

infantry pack

alforja

bookbag

back pack

kit-bag

knapsack

peregrinate

Translations

Rucksack

🎒

mochila

🎒

sac à dos

🎒

zaino

motxilla

🎒

rugzak

🎒

mochila

🎒

ransel

σακίδιο

knapzak

tascapane

sac tyrolien

bisaccia

sac

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbæk.pæk/

Etymology

From back + pack.

Sentences

A young man with a backpack watches as a bicycle is suspended for repair .