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backpacked

backpacked is the simple past and past participle of backpack.

Meaning of backpack

Verb

backpack (third-person singular simple present backpacks, present participle backpacking, simple past and past participle backpacked)

  1. (intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
    • I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies.
  2. (intransitive) To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
  3. (rare, transitive) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
    • Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks.

See all 5 meanings of backpack

Adjective

backpacked (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a backpack.

Questions about backpacked

What does backpacked mean?
Backpacked means wearing a backpack.
What is backpacked the simple past and past participle of?
Backpacked is the simple past and past participle of backpack.
What part of speech is backpacked?
Backpacked is an adjective.

Words near backpacked in the dictionary

  1. backpack nukes
  2. backpack rap
  3. backpack rapper
  4. backpack rappers
  5. backpackable
  6. backpacked
  7. backpacker
  8. backpackers
  9. backpacking
  10. backpacks
  11. backpaddle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backpacked (page history and authors); backpack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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