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Webster 1828 Edition


Knapsack

KNAP'SACK

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Noun.
nap'sack. A soldier's bag, carried on his back, and containing necessaries of food and clothing. It may be of leather or coarse cloth.

Definition 2024


knapsack

knapsack

English

Noun

knapsack (plural knapsacks)

  1. (US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
  2. (cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

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Verb

knapsack (third-person singular simple present knapsacks, present participle knapsacking, simple past and past participle knapsacked)

  1. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
    My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.

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