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backpacked

 [bak-pak]   Origin

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.

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verb (used with object)
4.
to place or carry in a backpack or on one's back.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; back1 + pack1

Related forms
back·pack·er, noun
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backpack
1914 as a noun, 1916 as a verb, from back + pack.
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