backpack
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backpack (plural backpacks)
- A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
- A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
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worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking
containing parachute
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to backpack (third-person singular simple present backpacks, present participle backpacking, simple past and past participle backpacked)
- (intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
- (intransitive) To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
- (transitive) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
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