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knapsacking

knapsacking is the present participle and gerund of knapsack.

Meaning of knapsack

Verb

knapsack (third-person singular simple present knapsacks, present participle knapsacking, simple past and past participle knapsacked)

  1. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
    • My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.

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Questions about knapsacking

What is knapsacking the present participle and gerund of?
Knapsacking is the present participle and gerund of knapsack.

Words near knapsacking in the dictionary

  1. knapsack problem
  2. knapsack problems
  3. knapsacked
  4. knapsacker
  5. knapsackers
  6. knapsacking
  7. knapsacks
  8. knapskull
  9. knapskulls
  10. Knaptoft
  11. Knapton

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