backpacking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Travelling cheaply with only the things you can carry in a backpack.

   After finishing university, she went backpacking around Southeast Asia for six months.

2. 2
   noun

   Hiking and camping in the wilderness while carrying your gear in a backpack.

   We spent the weekend backpacking through the national park.

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of backpack: to travel or hike carrying your things in a backpack.

   They are backpacking across Europe this summer.

From backpack + -ing.

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