backpack

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to hike with a backpack

   Every summer they backpack in the mountains.

2. 2
   noun

   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 […]

3. 3
   verb

   To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

   I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies.

4. 4
   verb

   To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.

   Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks.

5. 5
   noun

   a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

6. 6
   noun

   A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.

7. 7
   verb

   To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.

Etymology

From back + pack.