knapsack
pronunciation
How to pronounce knapsack in British English:
UK [ˈnæpsæk]
How to pronounce knapsack in American English:
US [ˈnæpˌsæk]
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- Noun:
- a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Word Origin
- knapsack
- knapsack: [17] The -sack of knapsack is no doubt essentially the same word as English sack, but the knap- presents slightly more of a problem. The term was borrowed from Low German knappsack, and so probably knapprepresents Low German knappen ‘eat’ – the bag having originally been named because it carried a traveller’s supply of food.
- knapsack (n.)
- c. 1600, from Low German Knapsack (Dutch knapzak), probably from knappen "to eat" literally "to crack, snap" + Sack "bag" (see sack (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Will my sweater go in your knapsack ?
- 2. A few meager jars of last year 's supply were nestled in a knapsack slung across his shoulders .
- 3. That day you bought micki knapsack , matched with you really very much .
- 4. Chopstick sets complete with a simple or decorative case are sold at many stores and are easy to put in a purse , knapsack or briefcase , they note .
- 5. I take the smallest possible knapsack , containing a map , a notebook , money , a pen , a pencil in case the pen lets me down , plasters for blisters , my door-keys .