rucksack
noun/ˈrʌksæk/
/ˈrʌksæk/
(British English) (also backpack North American English, British English)
- a bag that you carry on your back, made of strong material and often used by people who go climbing or walking
- She slung her rucksack over her shoulder.
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysb2- He had a large rucksack on.
- He had very little in his rucksack.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + rucksack- pack
- open
- put on
- …
- in a/the rucksack
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, from rucken (dialect variant of Rücken ‘back’) + Sack ‘bag, sack’.Definitions on the go
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