[
UK
/bˈækpæk/
]
[ US /ˈbækˌpæk/ ]
[ US /ˈbækˌpæk/ ]
NOUN
- a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
VERB
-
hike with a backpack
Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
How To Use backpack In A Sentence
- I turned up at the school yard with my hippie backpack slung over one shoulder feeling pretty cool. Times, Sunday Times
- I'd live the transient and ephemeral existence of a backpacker for a week, an existence of freedom and simple pleasures.
- I suggested that attracting backpackers and independent travellers would be a good way to get that ball rolling.
- ‘You must be joking,’ I wanted to say, but choked on my words as I looked at the moving conveyer and spotted my long-awaited weather-beaten backpack.
- - A small backpacker stove, fuel and cookpot (and spoon!) - Clothing suitable for wet, windy or cold weather Parry thrust parry
- But I'll certainly let you know before I go backpacking in Borneo. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
- The contents of her backpack spilled out, many items breaking with a resounding crash as a result.
- These backpacks are designed to carry a heavy load.
- It looks like a mother uncrumpling papers in her son's backpack to find a missing assignment.
- And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.