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noun
Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of backpack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
carrying something in a pack on the back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: packing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carry
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English backpacking From backpack + -ing.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
