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daypack

daypack

2 3.4
A small backpack for carrying a few items on short trips or daily outings
  • noun
  • /ˈdeɪˌpæk/
translation icon : mochila de día
  • For our hike, I packed a water bottle and snacks in my daypack.
  • carry a daypack
  • small daypack
  • daypack with water

Examples

  • The daypack was perfect for carrying everything I needed for a day trip to the beach.

  • So in the end, I decided to bring one large (80L) backpack and one smallish daypack.

    Blog text (30)
  • Good idea to have the daypack as well.

    Blog text (30)
  • Then I slide it into the top of my daypack above the Kit Cube.

    Blog text (30)
  • Then I could pick and choose the gear to load into the daypack for that day's adventure.

    Blog text (30)
  • On my way home, I passed a blond man in loose white trousers who had a small daypack on his shoulders.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Then we have the freedom and flexibility to load up the daypacks with any (or no) gear that we may want.

    Blog text (30)
  • She pulls a folder from her daypack and shoves it to him.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • He would bring lunch in his daypack if I brought some coffee, so that cold, thirst, and hunger would not interfere with our outing.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And after touching down at that Del Rio strip, we put what we needed in nylon daypacks and planned to use the bikes for the few miles into town, then across the border.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

rucksack
vsdaypack
  • UK
8 2.7

A bag with shoulder straps you carry on your back

is smaller and meant for short trips and daily outings

How Big

traveling bag
  • US
1 1.3
backpack
204 1.0
daypack
2 3.4
pouch
72 2.1

Surface Forms

daypack singular
daypacks plural

Morphology

daypack = day + pack (transparent) = day + pack

A straightforward compound meaning a 'pack' intended for use during the day or for short trips, directly derived from its components.

Etymology

Daypack comes from two simple words, day and pack, where 'day' means 'the daytime' and 'pack' means 'a bag you carry', like in backpack. So a daypack is a small bag for important things on short trips or daily outings.