"knapsack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnæpsæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-knapsack.wav [US] Forms: knapsacks [plural]
Etymology: From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nds|knapzak}} Low German knapzak, {{der|en|nl|knapzak}} Dutch knapzak, {{m|nl|cnapsack}} cnapsack, {{der|en|dum|cnappen||to bite with teeth}} Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), {{m|nl|knappen||to eat, crack}} knappen (“to eat, crack”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{m|en|sack}} sack, {{cog|de|Knappsack}} German Knappsack Head templates: {{en-noun}} knapsack (plural knapsacks)
  1. (chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back. Tags: US Categories (topical): Bags
    Sense id: en-knapsack-en-noun-zUPZAWxa Disambiguation of Bags: 31 34 35 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 41 37 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 28 35
  2. (cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen. Categories (topical): Cryptography, Bags Translations (Translations): γυλιός (guliós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), раница (ranica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), reppu (Finnish), sac à dos (French), ზურგჩანთა (zurgčanta) (Georgian), Rucksack (German), Tornister [masculine] (German), 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (matibalgs) [masculine] (Gothic), zaino [masculine] (Italian), zainetto [masculine] (Italian), mantica [feminine] (Latin), pēra [feminine] (Latin), morral [masculine] (Spanish), ryggsäck [common-gender] (Swedish), ཕད་གོག (phad gog) (Tibetan), sırt çantası (Turkish), רוקזאַק (rukzak) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-knapsack-en-noun-zMtlKMGz Disambiguation of Bags: 31 34 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 41 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 42 27 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 28 35 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backpack, rucksack

Verb

IPA: /ˈnæpsæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-knapsack.wav [US] Forms: knapsacks [present, singular, third-person], knapsacking [participle, present], knapsacked [participle, past], knapsacked [past]
Etymology: From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nds|knapzak}} Low German knapzak, {{der|en|nl|knapzak}} Dutch knapzak, {{m|nl|cnapsack}} cnapsack, {{der|en|dum|cnappen||to bite with teeth}} Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), {{m|nl|knappen||to eat, crack}} knappen (“to eat, crack”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{m|en|sack}} sack, {{cog|de|Knappsack}} German Knappsack Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Bags Related terms: backpacking, camping, hiking
    Sense id: en-knapsack-en-verb-o7EzI1og Disambiguation of Bags: 31 34 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 41 37 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 28 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backpack

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    },
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      "word": "backpack"
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    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ranica",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раница"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "reppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sac à dos"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ზურგჩანთა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Rucksack"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Tornister"
    },
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      "code": "got",
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      "roman": "matibalgs",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "guliós",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γυλιός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zainetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mantica"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pēra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
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        "common-gender"
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    },
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "phad gog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ཕད་གོག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sırt çantası"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rukzak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רוקזאַק"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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      "name": "cog"
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          "text": "My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain."
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