as in backpack
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks
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Recent Examples of rucksack
On one end of the spectrum are relatively tiny flying bombs, small enough to be carried in a rucksack.
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IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2022
In their rucksacks, the duo packed a foldout paper map of the itinerary, few clothes and ample medicine (antibiotics, malaria pills, iodine drops for the water).
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Instinctively, the tiny cat snuggled up to Kelland, and the Good Samaritan took pity on her, wrapping the kitten in his woolly hat and taking her home in his rucksack.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
According to the appeal, the footage showed the women at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 wearing rucksacks.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2022
In their rucksacks, the duo packed a foldout paper map of the itinerary, few clothes and ample medicine (antibiotics, malaria pills, iodine drops for the water).
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Instinctively, the tiny cat snuggled up to Kelland, and the Good Samaritan took pity on her, wrapping the kitten in his woolly hat and taking her home in his rucksack.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
According to the appeal, the footage showed the women at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 wearing rucksacks.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucksack
backpack
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Some of these materials had been carried in her personal backpack and brought directly from MDA to her home that same day.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Our protagonist is a chipper, idiot honey bear with a caustic, mean-spirited bird stuffed in his backpack.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucksack. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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