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 free event will include DJ entertainment, a Hollywood car show, a cornhole tournament, inflatable obstacle courses, crafts, an all-ages costume contest, trick-or-treating and more. —Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025

There was even a spirited cornhole tournament on resort grounds Monday night. —Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

The expansive lawn is dotted with games—cornhole, soccer, and ladder toss for the kids—and solo fire pits where families gather under starry skies to toast s’mores or enjoy a steaming mug of hot cider. —Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025

After the second wave of Waggener High students grabbed their lunch trays on a recent September afternoon, dozens filed out into the school's courtyard to enjoy the fresh air together, some playing with a soccer ball in one corner as others gathered around cornhole boards. —Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 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