Associations to the word «Backpacking»

Pictures for the word «Backpacking»

Wiktionary

BACKPACKING, verb. Present participle of backpack
BACKPACKING, noun. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
BACKPACKING, noun. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Dictionary definition

BACKPACKING, noun. Carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats