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- /ˈbækˌpæk.ɪŋ/
- /ˈbækˌpæk.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /ˈbækˌpæk.ɪŋ/
Definitions of backpacking word
- uncountable noun backpacking If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack. 3
- noun backpacking Present participle of backpack. 1
- noun backpacking travels with a rucksack 1
- noun backpacking hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. 0
- noun backpacking low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. 0
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Parts of speech for Backpacking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
backpacking popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
backpacking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for backpacking
adjective backpacking
- tramping — the act of tramping.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- rambling — aimlessly wandering.
- walking — considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
- wandering — moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
noun backpacking
verb backpacking
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- ferry — a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
Antonyms for backpacking
verb backpacking
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
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