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

Games include candy cornhole, scarecrow shuffle, jack 0'lantern toss, spin the wheel and bobbing for apples. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024

Later, Joan and Keith play cornhole on the patio and bond over their love of the beach and living near the water. —Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024

The episode subsequently showed Vassos and Gordon playing cornhole, which the sales director has revealed on his keith gonzo Instagram account is a favorite pastime. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024

Her husband, Josh Seal, who is also deaf, was killed at the bar where other deaf people were at a cornhole tournament as gunshots rang out. —Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Oct. 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