backsack

back·sack
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US, UK/ˈbækˌsæk/

noun

A backpack.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounbacksack (plural backsacks)

plural backsacks

  1. A backpack.

    The cyborg slung a backsack over his shoulder and exited the cockpit.

    2025, Josh Coker, Past The Fringe, page 27
    1 more example

    A moment passed, then a bent old man labouring unsteadily under a backsack shuffled slowly through the afternoon gloom toward the Pawn shop's front entrance.

    2012, Richard J. Sutcliffe, The Builder
  2. slangvulgarThe back of the testicles.

Origin

Compound of back + sack, possibly influenced by backpack.

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Cite this entry
APA

backsack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsack

MLA

“backsack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backsack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsack.

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