Definitions
Etymologies
- Borrowed from the German Rucksack, from Rücken (back) and Sack (sack). (Wiktionary)
- German : dialectal Ruck, back (from Middle High German rück, ruck, from Old High German hrukki; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots) + Sack, sack (from Middle High German sac, from Old High German, from Latin saccus; see sack1). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On a similar note, what do you call a rucksack that Air France’s finest have ripped the straps off?”
“A backpack (also called rucksack, knapsack, packsack, pack, bookbag or Bergen) is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be exceptions.”
“Which makes it a particularly pliable medium for the subject of narrative's first principle: the forced march from A to B, with an ever-expanding rucksack, that is our lives.”
“I just wanna point out that the word "rucksack" appeared here awhile ago.”
“Another use of "rucksack", that makes two days in a row, you spoil me!”
“To complete my crap day, I finally got enough money together for my rucksack which is here.”
“He further alleged that the men had met and jointly conspired to organise a bombing campaign, with the two separate attacks to both use the same kind of rucksack bomb ...”
“Body bag is used for the kind of rucksack that is like a small handbag and fits close to the body.”
“HAYMAN: In terms of size, I mean you'd expect that to be in a kind of rucksack type carrier.”
“I enjoy coming up here," he said, while packing up his "rucksack," a lightweight bag each camper receives.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rucksack’.
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WF - nominal compounds (concrete)
foodstuff, banknote, crankshaft, earphone, fibreboard, fishplate, forklift, glassware, guardrail, handicraft, headband, kitchenware and 181 more...
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SEDE - technology+material+support
storage, smokeless, sensor, sandbag, resources, repeating, receiver, pellet, logistics, marker, interceptor, locator and 302 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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the curious incident of the dog in th...
words from a novel by mark haddon
dog, garden fork, Wellington, prime, maths, clench, The Hound of the ..., police, dead, bread-slicing mac..., groaning, drawn and 126 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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SPOR - equipment
sports equipment, badminton equipment, baseball bat, baseball glove, billiard ball, boxing equipment, boxing glove, boxing ring, golf bag, golf equipment, golf glove, golf tee and 19 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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inkhorn's Words
inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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spicolli's Words
terrapin, ravenous, fuck, sepulchral, garlic, suss, queer, curmudgeon, foodie, intricate, omphalos, subversion and 534 more...
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words from the German
kindergarten, sturm und drang, schadenfreude, zeppelin, blitzkreig, blitz, krieg, panzer, angst, nazi, zeitgeist, doppelganger and 107 more...
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Addenda to the 1923 Printing of Webst...
Many of these words first came into common usage during World War I, and reflect not only the technological and scientific leaps of the early part of the 20th century, but the new experience of glo...
abri, ace, acidosis, airdrome, air fleet, airplane, air raid, airworthy, altimeter, anaphylaxis, anociassociation, anti-aircraft and 292 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Fun
harangue, quixotic, persnickety, lachrymose, kerfuffle, zephyr, chthonic, vixen, fiend, scoundrel, cricket, belfry and 193 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for rucksack.

reesetee I hope this isn't like a haversack. ;-) Sep 27, 2007