backpack
- noun
- /ˈbækˌpæk/
- I packed my backpack with books and a water bottle for the hike.
- carry a backpack
- wear a backpack
- school backpack
That's what I keep in my backpack every day.
- That's what I keep in my backpack every day.
- I walked out of there with a backpack so full of booze.
- You know, if you carry a, you can't, you wear a backpack, all right?
- And she had in her running backpack, her running vest, hydration vest.
- He does stuff where he donates backpacks to kids going back to school.
- So I got this little backpack from Michael Kors.
- It's an Art Lip backpack looking like this.
- And instead of putting a rock in my backpack, now, I sit with it.
- I'm trying to pull the web gear and and the backpack, it's all on my neck.
- I brought Bakugan in a backpack and you're getting tongue swaps.
Examples
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After a moment, he picks up his backpack and heads for the front door.
Fiction book (1991) -
The student should be able to take the backpack home for the evening.
Academic text (2015) -
We got our little backpack to go.
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But wait, I have to wear a backpack now.
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So in the side of the backpack, you can pull out a power cable.
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Each child in the classroom took home a backpack for one week.
Academic text (2013) -
That's what I keep in my backpack every day.
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So I got this little backpack from Michael Kors.
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Drew pulls his boom box out of his backpack and starts searching for a suitable tape.
Fiction book (1991) -
Grab your backpacks and your gear.
Synonyms
A bag with straps you carry on your back to hold personal things
A bag students use to carry books and other school things
A bag with shoulder straps you carry on your back
A small backpack for carrying a few items on short trips or daily outings
A small strong bag with one shoulder strap used to carry food or personal things
A bag students use to carry books and school supplies
A bag for carrying books and school things
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to hold things
Compounds
- Specialized
A small machine for cleaning floors that you wear on your back with straps
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Morphology
Etymology
The word backpack joins back ('the part of your body behind your shoulders') and pack ('a bundle or bag you carry'), so it is a pack you wear on your back.