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

Collapsible cornhole set Another popular game for the beach is cornhole. —Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 May 2024

Festivities include food and beer vendors, displays of military equipment, cornhole, a resource fair with information about veterans’ organizations, artisans and exhibits, a children’s bounce house, face painters, balloon artists, and live music. —Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 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