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knapsack
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knapsack \Knap"sack`\, n. [D. knapzak; knappen to eat + zak a bag. See Knap, v. t., and Sack.] A case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies for a soldier or a traveler; as, to hike up the mountain with lunch in a knapsack.
And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip
With some rare thing that on the field is found.
--Drayton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Low German Knapsack (Dutch knapzak), probably from knappen "to eat" literally "to crack, snap" + Sack "bag" (see sack (n.1)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back. 2 (context cryptography English) A set of values from which a subset is chosen. vb. To go hike while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight (or longer.)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Knapsack was formed in 1993 by Blair Shehan (vocals/guitar) and Colby Mancasola (drums). Shehan and Mancasola were two high school friends studying at the University of California, Davis. Guitarist Jason Bokros and bassist Rod Meyer completed the lineup. In 1994, the band recorded a single for independent label Goldenrod Records and signed with Alias Records later that year. Their debut album Silver Sweepstakes was released in 1995. They then toured extensively playing with bands such as Pavement, Rocket from the Crypt, Jawbox and Drive Like Jehu.
Bokros left the group before the release of their second album Day Three of My New Life in 1997. Rod Meyer left the group after this release and was replaced by Sergie Loobkoff of Samiam. Their third album This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now was released in 1998. Shehan went on to form The Jealous Sound after the band broke up in 2000.
Knapsack reunited in the fall of 2013 to mark the 15th anniversary of their final US tour. The band played several shows, including a stop at the Fest, in Gainesville, Florida, making this their first-ever Florida appearance. However, according to Blair Shehan, and Groezrock festival in Belgium in 2015, Knapsack has no plans to release new music.
Knapsack reunited once again in 2015 to perform as an opening act for Coheed and Cambria on their tour for the album The Color Before the Sun in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR.
The word knapsack can refer to:
- a backpack
- Knapsack, Germany, a locality of Hürth, Rhine-Erft district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- the knapsack problem, a math problem
:* the subset sum problem, a special case of the above
:* Naccache-Stern knapsack cryptosystem, a cryptosystem based on the knapsack problem
- Knapsack (band), an American band
- "Knapsack!", an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Usage examples of "knapsack".
Shadamehr took firm hold of Alise and the knapsack containing the Sovereign Stone and slipped into the darkness.
Corey, grabbing the Bandersnatch and stuffing the struggling Silly Putter back into his knapsack.
Having ordered my dinner and found my room, I threw down my knapsack and then came out again to smoke an ante-prandial pipe, listen to the evensong of the stream, and think great thoughts.
He left the knapsack in the weeds, and secreted one short-fused bomb against a rickety godown, the other behind a hovel.
Their leader was a red-bearded man who gave his name as Hurks, and proceeded to help load the knapsacks, submachine guns, ammunition, and grenades into the truck.
Clouds obscured the sunset as she ran to their trailer, yanked open the screen door, and reached for the knapsacks.
As they left, Indy knelt down beside Dorian and slipped the Omphalos inside the knapsack.
Instead he returned to the turret and gathered up his log books, oscillograms and a small knapsack of clothing and toilet articles.
Instead, he returned to the turret and gathered up his log books, oscillograms and a small knapsack of clothing and toilet articles.
Maize and charqui were packed into knapsacks for the march, and the pirates rowed ashore to open the campaign.
Sianadh took the rope from his knapsack and, using the skian, cut a length of it to use as a belt.
He sheathed the skian and shouldered the knapsack, striding forward with a determined look.
They spoke of stream ciphers, self-decimated generators, knapsack variants, zero knowledge protocols, unicity points.
They spoke of stream ciphers,self-decimated generators, knapsack variants, zero knowledgeprotocols, unicity points.
The dog-collar seller tips his billycock and disappears, but his luckless companion, having fetched a small black object out of his knapsack, lingers.