backpacking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   carrying something in a pack on the back

   the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts

2. 2
   noun

   Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   present participle and gerund of backpack

4. 4
   noun

   Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Etymology

From backpack + -ing.