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knapsack

noun
/ˈnæpsæk/

Etymology

From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch.

  1. derived from cnappen
  2. derived from knapzak
  3. derived from knapzak

Definitions

  1. A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.

    • The two elder reluctantly left him and walked on, taking their brother's knapsack to relieve him in following, and the youngest entered the field.

  2. A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

  3. 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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Derived

knapsack problem

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for knapsack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA