backpack

Definition

  • noun: a bag for carrying things that has two shoulder straps and is carried on the back
  • noun: a load carried on the back
  • verb: to hike or travel with a backpack
  • verb: to carry (food or equipment) on the back especially in hiking
  • synonyms: knapsack, rucksack, haversack

Examples

  • We're planning to 'go backpacking' in a national park this summer.

  • After college, she 'backpacked' through/around Europe.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff, clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, linens, your TV. The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. (..)
    2009 Up in the Air
  • (..) The cancer? The can, sir? No. I'm fine, thank you. How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel them? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. (..)
    2009 Up in the Air