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backpacking - 2 dictionary results

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
back·pack   (bāk'pāk')   
n.  
  1. A knapsack, often mounted on a lightweight frame, that is worn on a person's back, as to carry camping supplies.
  2. A piece of equipment, often containing life-support devices, designed to be used while being carried on the back: a parachute in a backpack; an astronaut's backpack.
v.   back·packed, back·pack·ing, back·packs

v.   intr.
To hike while carrying a backpack.
v.   tr.
To carry in a backpack.
back'pack'er n., back'pack'ing n.
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