backpack

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It's a dude with a big black backpack.

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Quick take

a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of backpack gathered in one view.

noun

a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

verb

hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for backpack.

noun

a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

See also: knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack

verb

hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"

Example sentences

It's a dude with a big black backpack.

We were trying the "one bag one world" thing and living out of a 55 Liter backpack.

Especially with a backpack on it's a sweaty ride.

Some people take off their backpack in crowds because it can get in the way, how do we know this isn't the case here?

I would be surprised if there weren't a picture of a guy with a big black backpack in that area.

That was plenty, though, to spend most of the year living out of a backpack on some remote tropical beach.

Manhunt for a slender guy with a backpack riding a bike on MITs campusWell that must've narrowed it right down.

In crowded areas, when I'm not going anywhere, I almost always take off my backpack and put it between my legs.

Now I know what people will be saying if the train gets blown up and they have imagery of me with a backpack on and without...

I did something similar albeit not so cool and without the intent of dating but with a backpack.

Especially if all you want is a computer that fits in your backpack, can run off a battery, and has a viewable screen.

Put a backpack on and you can walk into any building at any university in the United States any time you want.

The day after the bombing, they had a picture on their cover of a backpack that was supposedly the bomb... except it wasn't. Today, they had a picture of two middle eastern looking people, who had nothing to do with the bombing.

I think it's irrational that a women who takes a year off after the birth of a child is viewed by HR managers in a worse light than a man who took a year to backpack across Asia.

I don’t know of any coffee shop near me that takes Euros, so even though 1€ is “worth more” than $1 USD, the Euro note I have in my backpack is basically useless for me to get some coffee.

It would run in the bag with no ventilation when I didn't realize it until the battery drained and it would fail to shutdown until the hardware fail-safes took over and I realized my backpack was too hot to hold.

I'm not going to look in your backpack because I don't particularly want to have to have you arrested, but god help you if I ever have to talk to you again about smelling beer on your breath...This is usually the hidden story behind draconian enforcement.