cornhole

noun

corn·​hole ˈkȯrn-ˌhōl 

: a lawn game in which players toss beanbags toward a slanted platform with the aim of passing the beanbag through a hole in the center of the platform

At Bristol, wandering about the grounds outside the track, I joined some tailgaters in a couple of rounds of cornhole, the beanbag-toss game.

—Ben Austen

Examples of cornhole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The engineering and technology program placed a table in the center of campus, near where students played cornhole and ate snacks. —Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024

Guests can also hang out on the lawn and play cornhole while bands play on the stage. —Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024

The event will also feature lion dances, food vendors, a beer garden, cornhole tournaments and more. —Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 11 July 2024

Other activities include a car show, petting zoo, cornhole tournament and more. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 28 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

corn entry 1 (as a filling for the bags) + hole entry 1, presumably with humorous allusion to slang cornhole "anus (in the context of anal sex)"

First Known Use

2001, in the meaning defined above