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

Pick up a book from the on-site library and spend some quality time in a hammock, play some cornhole with your fellow travelers, unwind on the porch, and enjoy the complimentary breakfast, made fresh daily. —Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026

Stop by the visitor center to check out volleyballs, basketballs, Frisbees, cornhole sets, baseballs and bats, or ladder ball games. —Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 4 June 2026

Picnic tables are available, and outdoor games like bocce ball and cornhole keep everyone entertained between pours. —Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026

The rec center is kid heaven, with a mini golf course, movie theater, basketball hoops, rock wall, ping pong, cornhole, board games, foosball, Xbox and Wii video games, and even a wiffle ball diamond dubbed Sagamore Field. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

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