knapsack
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
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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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(chiefly, US, dated, _, or, _, archaic, _, in, UK) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. "All but Nancy carried knapsacks, with sandwiches and thermos flasks of tea. Peggy’s knapsack held Nancy’s provisions as well as her own, for on Nancy’s shoulders, instead of a knapsack, was a pig…
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(cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
The two elder reluctantly left him and walked on, taking their brother's knapsack to relieve him in following, and the youngest entered the field.
Knapsack means: A set of values from which a subset is chosen.. It is crypto-trading vocabulary; common on X, Discord servers, and trading-Telegram groups your teen may follow. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
knapsack means: A set of values from which a subset is chosen.. Register: very informal, crypto/finance subculture. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“i can see it being a problem in like 2016 intersectional knapsack cis privilege checking whatever, but i sense by 2024 not really”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- packsack72%
(chiefly, US) A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.
- take a hike68%
To go hiking.
- take a hike66%
(idiomatic, often imperative) To go away; to leave or depart.
- rucksack61%
(UK, Northeastern US) A bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps.