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 Golden guys also enjoy working out, tossing a football, playing cornhole, and putting that swimming pool to good use, much like the ladies did on Golden Bachelor. —EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024

If your kids crave more, hiking trails, bocce ball, and cornhole should satisfy them. —Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024

There are dartboards and bar games inside, and large picnic tables and cornhole outside. BARS FOR DANCING Elevate Nightclub 1131 N. Water St., instagram.com/elevatemke One of Milwaukee's newest night clubs has three levels for dancing, including one outdoors on the rooftop. —Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024

Games of cornhole were in progress despite the midday heat. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 18 July 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