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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A knapsack.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

Etymologies

  1. Borrowed from the German Rucksack, from Rücken (back) and Sack (sack). (Wiktionary)
  2. 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?”

    baggage

  • “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.”

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  • “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.”

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  • “I just wanna point out that the word "rucksack" appeared here awhile ago.”

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  • “Another use of "rucksack", that makes two days in a row, you spoil me!”

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  • “To complete my crap day, I finally got enough money together for my rucksack which is here.”

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  • “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 ...”

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  • “Body bag is used for the kind of rucksack that is like a small handbag and fits close to the body.”

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  • “HAYMAN: In terms of size, I mean you'd expect that to be in a kind of rucksack type carrier.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2005

  • “I enjoy coming up here," he said, while packing up his "rucksack," a lightweight bag each camper receives.”

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