rucksack

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 In 2022, Weymouth shouldered a rucksack to walk 1,000 miles along Slavc’s GPS trail, following the hundreds of virtual breadcrumbs that marked the wolf’s path from Slovenia to Italy. Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025 The format sees contestants race up a mountain with rucksacks full of cash and the German version shot in New Zealand alongside several other international editions. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2025 By late Sunday afternoon, dozens of people in civilian clothing had begun moving rucksacks, duffel bags and other luggage off the ship. Andrew Keh, New York Times, 19 May 2025 DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rucksack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucksack
backpack
Noun
  • Simply affix the clip to the zipper on your suitcase or backpack and snap both sides together.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • September marks more than the return of pencils, backpacks, and lunchboxes.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucksack. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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