Backpack

Backpacking backpacks, or packs, come in two main models: internal-frame and external-frame. In additional to the two shoulder straps, modern packs always have a padded hip belt. The hip belt carries most of the pack's weight, because the pelvis is sturder than the structure of the shoulders; this also lowers the hiker's center of gravity. Packs generally have many pockets, and the main compartment may even have vertical sub-compartments. Almost all packs, especially external-frame models, allow bulky items to be strapped to the outside. Packs are typically about 3 feet (1 m) tall.

Internal- vs. external-frame backpacks

Comparison of backpack models
External frame	Internal frame
Large metal frame to which the pack is secured	Highly reduced semirigid frame in the inside of the pack
Good ventilation	Tight fit and less bouncing
Large capacity for bulky strap-on items	Roomy internal storage
May cost approximately US$150	May cost approximately US$200

Modern Usage: Backpack

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Reese, one man's purse is another man's backpack. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) I like my Skechers but I love my Prada backpack. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith. Based on the play 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare.) Just kind of skulks around with that backpack, never smiles (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) It's not what's in a kid's backpack that makes him dangerous, it's what's in his heart (Bang, Bang, You're Dead; writing credit: William Mastrosimone)
Song Titles	Little Black Backpack * (performing artist: Stroke 9)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Backpack

Domain	Title
Books	Backpack Books: 1,001 Facts about Rocks & Minerals (Backpack Books) (reference) Boots's Backpack Book (Dora the Explorer) (reference) Dora's Backpack (Dora the Explorer (8X8 Paperback), 1) (reference) Dora's Backpack Book (Dora the Explorer) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Dora the Explorer - Dora's Backpack Adventure (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Down in the Backpack (reference) Halo in My Backpack (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	LOWEPRO Linx 160 Camera Backpack (reference) Tamrac 527408 Expedition 4 Photo Backpack, Green (reference) SONICblue 64 MB Rio Backpack (reference) Targus Notebook Backpack (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Microfiber Backpack Diaper Bag (reference) Astonica Backpack Picnic Basket (reference) Master Lock 1544DCM Backpack Padlock (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Backpack

Photo Album: Backpack

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The aerosol generators or "fogging machines" range from small hand-held backpack units, to units that fit onto all terrain vehicles, as well as large truck mounted units. Credit: CDC.		A firefighter uses a toy hose, a backpack with water to soak an area. Credit: USDA.
	"Marine Leathernecks of a Forward Air Control Unit for the U.S. Marines with the First Marine Division in Korea scan the skies from a rugged ridge, on the alert for incoming close-air support planes that continue to hammer at the Chinese Red troop concentrations just a few thousand yards beyond in the rugged Korean terrain." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 1 July 1951. Note backpack radio carried by one Marine, while another wears earphones and holds the microphone. Credit: NAVY.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Use in Literature: Backpack

Non-Fiction Usage: Backpack

Usage Frequency: Backpack

Expression: Backpack

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Backpack

Modern Translation: Backpack

Language		Translations for "backpack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		背包 (knapsack, rucksack). (various references)

Czech		baton, trampovat (hike, ramble, tramp). (various references)

Danish		rygsprøjte (backpack pump, hand pump, knapsack pump, pack-bag pump, pack-can pump), rygsæk-atombombe (nuclear backpack, SADM, Special Atomic Demolition Munitions). (various references)

Dutch		ransel (knapsack), knapzak (knapsack, rucksack). (various references)

Esperanto		tornistro (knapsack). (various references)

Finnish		selkäruisku (backpack pump, hand pump, knapsack pump, pack-bag pump, pack-can pump), reppuruisku (backpack pump, hand pump, knapsack pump, pack-bag pump, pack-can pump). (various references)

French		unité de survie, sac tyrolien, parachute dorsal (back chute). (various references)

German		rucksack (backpackUS, pack, packsack, rucksack). (various references)

Greek		αλεξίπτωτο ράχης (back chute, dorsal chute). (various references)

Hungarian		hátizsák (backsack, barrack bag, haversack, knapsack, pack, rucksack), hátitáska (book bag, satchel). (various references)

Indonesian		ransel (duffle bag, kit, knapsack, rucksack). (various references)

Italian		zaino (knapsack, pack, rucksack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		バチカン宮殿 (Bacchus, bacillus, back, back charge, back combing, back issue, back margin, back music, back screen, back-band, backbone, back-drop, backfire, backgammon, background, background music, backhand, backing, backless, backlog, back-number, backpacking, back-propagation, backs, backskin, backslash, backspace, backspin, backstab, backstop, backstretch, backstroke, backswing, backtrack, back-tracking, backup, badge, BADGE system, bag, batch, batch size, bathyscaphe, batter in the hole, buckle, bug, bugging, merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels, rearview mirror, suplex, Vatican), リューマチ熱 (bullpen car, bullpen cart, lilas, lily skirt, linker, Lyon, lyophilization, lyric, lyrical, lyricism, relation, relational, relax, relaxation, relay, relay race, release, relief, relief pitcher, relocation service, rewind, rewrite, rheumatic fever, rucksack). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		バックパック , リュック . (various references)

Korean		책가방. (various references)

Norwegian		ryggsekk (knapsack, rucksack). (various references)

Pig Latin		ackpackbay.(various references)

Portuguese		mochila (billfold, budget, haversack, kit, knapsack, notecase, wallet). (various references)

Russian		рюкзак (haversack, knapsack, packsack, pack-sack, rucksack). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ranac (kit bag, kitbag, knapsack, pack, rucksack). (various references)

Spanish		mochila (backpacks, barracks bag, haversack, knapsack, pack, rucksack). (various references)

Swedish		ryggsäck (haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack). (various references)

Ukrainian		ранець (bag, kitbag, knapsack, satchel, valise). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Backpack

Anagrams: Backpack

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-k-k-p"
	-3 letters: aback, bacca.
	-4 letters: back, caca, kaka, kapa, paca, pack.
	-5 letters: aba, baa, bap, cab, cap, kab, pac.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-k-k-p"
	+1 letter: backpacks, pickaback.
	+2 letters: backpacked, backpacker, pickabacks.
	+3 letters: backpackers, backpacking, pickabacked.
	+4 letters: pickabacking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Domain	Definition
Transportation	Parachute that, when not in use, is carried packed on back, usually thin enough for wearer to sit on comfortably. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions	Neil Gaiman	Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Finding alcohol in your child’s room or backpack, or smelling alcohol on his or her breath. (references)
		In rare instances it may be caused by tossing a baby in the air or jogging with a baby in a backpack. (references)
		Take a backpack or tote bag containing cleanup supplies and a change of clothing with you everywhere. (references)
Travel	Nepal	Passports and cash should be carried in a protected neck pouch - not in a backpack. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	41	53,521

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
backpack	8,049	backpack cooler	79
picnic backpack	3,931	diaper bag backpack	78
hiking backpack	2,256	travel backpack	71
laptop backpack	499	internal frame backpack	68
leather backpack	360	notebook backpack	67
external frame backpack	312	backpack camping	67
jansport backpack	272	dog backpack	66
school backpack	241	osprey backpack	63
the north face backpack	174	diaper backpack	60
computer backpack	162	backpack europe	60
kid backpack	158	sling backpack	59
baby backpack	143	nike backpack	52
backpack purse	142	clive backpack	52
kelty backpack	126	wheeled backpack	52
rolling backpack	122	camera backpack	52
gregory backpack	120	backpack blower	50
child backpack	117	motorcycle backpack	50
prada backpack	117	backpack sale	47
backpack cd rewriter	102	backpack cd writer	47
timberland backpack	94	microsolutions backpack	45
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "backpack": backpack pump. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "backpack": backpacked, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, backpacks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Backpack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: backback, Bakfark, sackpack. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Use in Literature: Backpack

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

Neil Gaiman

Non-Fiction Usage: Backpack

Usage Frequency: Backpack

Expression: Backpack

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Backpack

Modern Translation: Backpack

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Derivations & Misspellings: Backpack

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Anagrams: Backpack

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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