noun
definition
A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
definition
A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
verb
definition
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
example
My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.
Examples of knapsack in a Sentence
Don't go zippering up his knapsack on him.
The knapsack contained nearly all new clothes, both dirty and clean.
They sat for a moment while Dean opened his knapsack and checked their limited equipment.
He's got the whole world in his knapsack.
A Cossack who accompanied him had handed him a knapsack and a flask, and Nesvitski was treating some officers to pies and real doppelkummel.
The second, smaller knapsack contained a bulky sweater, rain gear, three sweatbands and a rolled up cap.
The iron tubular bridge which carries the line over the Nepean is the best of its kind in the colony, while the viaduct over Knapsack Gulley is the most remarkable erection of its kind in Australia.
The man was wearing a bluish coat of broadcloth, he had no knapsack or cap, his head was bandaged, and over his shoulder a French munition pouch was slung.
The tiny 2.3-inch screens are the lightest, and some models can be tucked away in a purse, knapsack or glove compartment.
Dean nodded in agreement, his stomach roiling and his heart racing as he hoisted his knapsack to his shoulders and they slowly entered.
But I stuffed the bag into my plain black knapsack while walking from the car to Butler's front door.
You'd look fine, said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent under the weight of his knapsack.
What's with the knapsack?
You know what your boy's got in his knapsack?
He enclosed a stamped, addressed envelope the size of a small knapsack.
Additionally, soldiers were required to carry a waterproof knapsack containing a small tent, some clothing, and a blanket for shelter on the field.
In unpacking this invisible knapsack of white privilege, I have listed conditions of daily experience that I once took for granted.
I'd like to put you on a two days' march with a knapsack!
We provide a set of simple low-level heuristics which have been shown to be very successful in bin packing and knapsack problem.