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

Adirondack chairs were fanned out along a small beach on the riverbank; there was a cornhole situation, and board games and decks of cards were piled up by a communal table. —David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025

Then there’s the plastic axe throwing, cornhole, Sauce Toss (a backyard-style hockey game), plus their own version of a Shot-Ski, a hockey stick with three shot glasses glued to it so friends can drink together. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025

For entertainment, Wayfair dropped prices on tons of lawn games, including this jumbo 4-to-Score and an all-wood cornhole set that’s easy to break down and store. —Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 11 June 2025

Further down Summit Road on Loma Prieta Avenue, Lago Lomita Vineyards is open weekends in June for pizza, wine, cornhole and spectacular Monterey Bay views. —Laura Ness, Mercury News, 10 June 2025

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

Rhymes for cornhole

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol