rucksack
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈrʌkˌsæk/
- UK
:
mochila
- The boy turned on a torch and peered inside a grey canvas rucksack behind him.
I take my rucksack, nobody else does.
- I take my rucksack, nobody else does.
- This Hogwarts rucksack, I'm sorry, but it's beautiful.
- So I always find that a rucksack or a backpack is perfect for me anyway.
- And like I got my collar popped just to avoid getting chafed by the rucksack.
- Did some walking and we had enough like all with our rucks, rucksacks on everything to last for a week and then some.
- So I was sitting on the ground like this with my rucksack still on, but my rifle was laying way out here somewhere.
- I'm not using crazy weight also because this rucksack does not have a waist strap so I am supporting all the all the weight on my traps and shoulders.
- So he had about two or three meatballs and he had a bit of mash, and he got his rucksack.
- And for for me, if if I had the radio, I couldn't put that, but I couldn't put the dace the the rucksack on.
- The dudes that invented it got paid out for inventing it and they took the what's the fucking hard shell plastic thing for your back off a rucksack.
Examples
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The boy turned on a torch and peered inside his rucksack before starting his hike.
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I dug back into the rucksack, this time for a torch.
Fiction book (1999) -
I take my rucksack, nobody else does.
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Put your rucksack in the back.
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I stuffed a rucksack with clothes and left campus that night.
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, my only inheritance was my father's old army rucksack.
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Look in their rucksacks, will you?
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From now on, we are just two tourists in an airport with the heaviest rucksack I have ever seen.
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I left Beth sifting through her rucksack and returned to the kitchen.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mum, where's my purple rucksack?
Synonyms
204
1.0
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to carry your things
40
4.1
A large strong bag for carrying things like books or groceries
38
4.4
A large soft bag used to carry clothes and gear when traveling
32
3.1
A large cloth bag with a round shape for carrying clothes and other things for travel or sport
28
2.5
A small bag with a strap that you wear over your shoulder to carry books or personal things
26
2.7
A bag with straps you carry on your back to hold personal things
12
1.1
A bag students use to carry books and other school things
12
1.8
A large strong cloth container with two long handles for carrying books or shopping
11
2.8
A small bag for clothes and things you need for one night
5
1.3
A bag with a long strap that you wear on one shoulder
5
3.0
A small bag with one strap worn across the body to carry personal items
3
9.9
A cloth bundle of personal things carried over the shoulder
2
3.4
A small backpack for carrying a few items on short trips or daily outings
2
8.4
A small strong bag with one shoulder strap used to carry food or personal things
1
1.1
A bag students use to carry books and school supplies
1
1.0
A bag for carrying books and school things
1
8.5
A large, stiff leather travel bag with a hinged top
1
1.3
A case for carrying clothes and personal items on a trip
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to hold things
A small bag for carrying clothes and things for one night
A large strong travel bag with soft sides and a hard frame
A strong bag soldiers use to carry clothes and equipment
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Morphology
Etymology
Rucksack comes from the German parts Rücken 'back' and Sack 'sack'. It literally means a 'back sack', so a rucksack is the German name for a backpack that you carry on your back.