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Backpack

//ˈbæk.pæk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "Rachel discovered that she could also keep things in her backpack that were important to her, nobody would know about them because they would be hidden. These important things included a small round rock that she had found […]"

  2. 2
    a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder wordnet
  3. 3
    A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
Verb
  1. 1
    To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. intransitive

    "I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies."

  2. 2
    hike with a backpack wordnet
  3. 3
    To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation. intransitive
  4. 4
    To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack. rare, transitive

    "Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From back + pack.

Etymology 2

From back + pack.

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