backpack
/ˈbæk.pæk/ verb C2- To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. · I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies.
- To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
He/she/it backpacks · Past backpacked · Past participle backpacked · -ing form backpacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- backpack
- He/she/it
- backpacks
- Past
- backpacked
- Past participle
- backpacked
- -ing form
- backpacking
From the library
My backpack was always heavy with textbooks, and assignments seemed to never end.
Today, every time we toss a dog-eared classic into a backpack, we are inadvertently paying homage to Lane's fiercely egalitarian vision.
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