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Backpacking
noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. uncountable
"The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot."
- 2 carrying something in a pack on the back wordnet
- 3 low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of backpack form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From backpack + -ing.
Etymology 2
From backpack + -ing.
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