"backpacking" meaning in English

See backpacking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From backpack + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|backpack|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} backpack + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} backpacking (uncountable)
  1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. Tags: uncountable Translations (hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack): کولهگردی (kule-gardi) (Iranian Persian), mochileo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-backpacking-en-noun-H4OMhfgL Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 36 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 49 11 Disambiguation of "hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack": 99 1
  2. low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. Tags: uncountable Translations (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations): リュックサック旅行 (ryukkusakku ryokō) (alt: リュックサックりょこう) (Japanese), バックパッキング (bakkupakkingu) (Japanese), 배낭여행 (baenang'yeohaeng) (Korean), کولهگردی (kule-gardi) (Persian), бэкпэ́кинг (bɛkpɛ́king) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-backpacking-en-noun-vwU1uZxI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 58 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 58 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 63 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 35 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 55 9 Disambiguation of 'low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begpacking, bikepacking, flashpacking

Verb

Etymology: From backpack + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|backpack|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} backpack + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} backpacking
  1. present participle and gerund of backpack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: backpack
    Sense id: en-backpacking-en-verb-kwMC2Ch4 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 28 28 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 49 11

Alternative forms

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