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back pack

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back⋅pack

[bak-pak]
–noun
1. a pack or knapsack, often of canvas or nylon, to be carried on one's back, sometimes supported on a lightweight metal frame strapped to the body.
2. a piece of equipment designed to be used while being carried on the back.
–verb (used without object)
3. to go on a hike, using a backpack: We went backpacking in the Adirondacks.
–verb (used with object)
4. to place or carry in a backpack or on one's back.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; back 1 + pack 1


backpacker, noun
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back pack

noun
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack
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