plural rucksacks
chiefly British
: a bag that is strapped to the back with two shoulder straps and is used for carrying personal belongings and supplies : knapsack
I picked up a rucksack full of spare gear and began to slog back up the steep, slippery grass to the headland.—
A. Alvarez
A. AlvarezAs U.S. soldiers gird for war in the 21st century with chemical suits, night-vision goggles and … rifles, there is still one item in their rucksacks that even their great-grandfathers would recognize: chewing gum.—Cynthia Schreiber
Cynthia SchreiberOn the nature hike, I will be just like Sacajawea, Molly thought as she packed her rucksack.—Valerie Tripp
Valerie TrippThe last thing you want is a heavy rucksack slopping about on your back, threatening to throw you off balance …—Clive Tully
Clive Tully"I'm hungry," complained the girl. The boy turned on a torch and peered inside a grey canvas rucksack behind him. "There's an apple."—Melvin Burgess
Melvin BurgessExamples of rucksack in a Sentence
hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks
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The beautiful image showed Charlotte sitting in a wild, rural landscape wearing camouflage and a rucksack, while smiling beautifully into the camera.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 2 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
On one end of the spectrum are relatively tiny flying bombs, small enough to be carried in a rucksack.
—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
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Stephanie Petit, People.com, 2 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
On one end of the spectrum are relatively tiny flying bombs, small enough to be carried in a rucksack.
—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
See All Example Sentences for rucksack
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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rucksack. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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