Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bag made of sturdy material and furnished with shoulder straps, designed for carrying articles such as camping supplies on the back.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A case or bag of leather or strong cloth for carrying a soldier's necessaries, closely strapped to the back between the shoulders; hence, any case or bag for similar use. Various forms of knapsacks are now used by tourists and others for carrying light personal luggage. Originally the military knapsack was meant for carrying food, but it has gradually become appropriated to a totally different purpose, as the transportation of clothes and the like, and food is carried in the haversack.
Wiktionary
- n. US A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
- v. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight (or longer.)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies for a soldier or a traveler.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Etymologies
- Probably Low German Knappsack : knappen, to bite (probably of imitative origin) + Sack, bag (from Middle Low German sak, from Old High German sac, from Late Latin saccus; see sack1). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Her old knapsack is ready with good luck talismans, the Christmas and birthday cards from him and a minimum amount of clothes and cosmetics.”
“He steals a knapsack from the trusting Pedro, and with that he heads off to find the father, a bearish dishwasher, and to exploit the prospect of someone else to rob.”
“If there is no solution, then we call knapsack (s, i + 1) to see if there is a solution that does not use wi.”
“I can only imagine his knapsack is full of lube and anal beads and ticklers and handcuffs and shit.”
“I can only imagine his knapsack is full of dildos and anal beads and ticklers and handcuffs and shit.”
“And Michele’s Hello Kitty knapsack is pretty cute.”
“Slung to the knapsack are the cooking kettle and the hatchet, with which the wood to kindle the nightly fire and build the nightly hut is to be cut down.”
“In his knapsack were a cotton suit and a change of underwear.”
“The edge of my guard-bed was my seat to study in, my knapsack was my bookcase, and a board lying on my lap was my desk.”
“We marched about ten miles, with a portable bureau or what you might call a knapsack on our backs, before one o'clock that day, to the Centerville race course.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘knapsack’.
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Of Imitative Origin
Words formed in imitation of the sound of the things they signify.
bawl, biff, blizzard, blob, blooper, bob, boff, bomb, bonkers, boo, borborygmus, brouhaha and 148 more...
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
cardboard box, jar, filing cabinet, safe deposit box, cupboard, wardrobe, jewel case, briefcase, locker, canopic jar, chest of drawers, paper sack and 208 more...
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
genesis, who, beatles, journey, germs, sublime, doors, cars, nirvana, bangles, tool, pixies and 192 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Words I have to learn
exasperate, felony, weld, fraud, worksheet, ransom, rehearse, preliminary, offshore, parole, infamous, sieve and 436 more...
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Jamaican patois
"I and I plant the corn..."
i and i, rudeboy, ragamuffin, youth, dem, jamrock, jamden, fat 'matic, likkle, tuff, whe, inna and 132 more...
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Wrapped up in books
I'm reading books. And there are words and phrases I come upon for the first time, or that are used with usages that are new to me.
So, this is just a plain list of those words. Don't expect ...hobble, mackerel, crone, cavort, hoyden, rheumy, scatter, hiss, recoil, trundle, shatter, flaxen and 200 more...
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wordsmithing part deux
because wordsmith is not a verb.
enmity, incarnate, chignon, nape, solitude, nocturne, decorum, warren, svelte, interstice, serene, charlotte and 488 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Starts with K, Ends with K
keck, keek, kerplunk, kick, kibbutznik, kickback, kinnikinnick, kiosk, klick, knobstick, kook, knapsack and 7 more...
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kn- words
knapsack, knickknack, knock, kneel, knight, knap, knish, knell, knell, knoll, knife, know and 9 more...
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German Spelling Bee List
need to learn these words!!!!!!!!
angst, haversack, hinterland, streusel, eiderdown, kohlrabi, autobahn, gestalt, gestapo, echt, feldspar, spareribs and 67 more...
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Bags of Holding
duffel, backpack, purse, bindle, briefcase, fanny pack, messenger bag, satchel, suitcase, tote, manbag, murse and 14 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, K
kirtle, knapsack, knobbly, kern, kaddish, knight, kaleidoscope, kindling, knell, knoll, kneecap, kindred and 50 more...
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Dictionary
dilettante, frostjack, perfunctory, impresario, paparazzi, pastiche, lollipop, Cymru, nub, bivouac, knapsack, hoodlum and 80 more...
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Words I don't like
crisp, toes, bugaboo, taut, frickin, schmear, winningest, knapsack, supper, tumbler, pee, soap scum and 22 more...
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