cornhole

English

/ˈkɔɹnˌhoʊl/

noun

Definitions

(UK) A small room connected to a threshing floor.
(US) A game similar to beanbag toss, popular in Ohio, in which a bag is filled with corn feed and thrown into a hole.
(slang) Anus. (From the old-fashioned practice of using dried corncobs instead of toilet paper in outdoor privies)

Etymology

Compound from English corn (maize, grain) + English hole (miserable place, a hollow).

Origin

English

hole

Gloss

miserable place, a hollow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Corngate English
airhole English
antihole English
armhole English
arrow-hole English
arsehole English
asshole English
barleycorn English
beanhole English
blasthole English
blockhole English
blowhole English
bolt-hole English
bolthole English
bootyhole English
borehole English
breadcorn English
broomcorn English
bullethole English
bumhole English
bunghole English
butthole English
cakehole English
cathole English
chuckhole English
coal hole English
cockhole English
corehole English
corn English
corn silk English
corn sugar English
corn-factor English
cornball English
cornbind English
corncake English
corncob English
corncockle English
corncrake English
corncutter English
cornfed English
cornfest English
cornfield English
cornflake English
cornfloor English
cornflour English
cornflower English
cornhusk English
cornhusker English
cornhusking English
cornify English
cornland English
cornless English
cornlike English
cornloft English
cornmarket English
cornmeal English
cornmill English
cornpone English
cornrow English
cornsack English
cornsheller English
cornshuck English
cornshucking English
cornsilk English
cornstalk English
cornstarch English
cornstick English
cornstone English
cornworm English
corny English
crabhole English
craphole English
creephole English
cubbyhole English
cumhole English
cyberhole English
denehole English
dickhole English
dihole English
doghole English
downhole English
dreamhole English
driphole English
dusthole English
earhole English
earthhole English
eyehole English
farthole English
feedhole English
fingerhole English
firehole English
foothole English
foxhole English
fuckhole English
funkhole English
gully-hole English
hand-hole English
handhole English
hawsehole English
hole English
hole saw English
hole up English
holeable English
holeful English
holeless English
holelike English
holeproof English
holepunch English
holer English
holeshot English
holey English
holon English
jaw-hole English
kernel English
keyhole English
kneehole English
knothole English
knuckerhole English
lamphole English
leghole English
lughole English
maintenance hole English
manhole English
microhole English
minihole English
mousehole English
mudhole English
multicorn English
multihole English
nanohole English
nosehole English
oarhole English
off-corn English
outhole English
peehole English
peephole English
peppercorn English
pesthole English
photohole English
piehole English
pigeonhole English
pinhole English
pisshole English
plughole English
poophole English
pophole English
porthole English
posthole English
pothole English
pritchel hole English
puffcorn English
pukehole English
pussyhole English
quadricorn English
quasihole English
rathole English
ringhole English
rockhole English
roothole English
rudderhole English
scumhole English
seedcorn English
shakehole English
shithole English
shothole English
sighthole English
sinkhole English
sleazehole English
slimehole English
smokehole English
snowhole English
spouthole English
spyhole English
stakehole English
stinkhole English
stokehole English
stumphole English
suckhole English
tailhole English
taphole English
thumbhole English
traphole English
underhole English
uphole English
venthole English
waterhole English
weephole English
wellhole English
woodhole English
wormhole English
Onanie German
corn Middle English
hole Middle English
হোল Bengali
ko̧o̧n Marshallese
hul Tok Pisin
kon Tok Pisin
kānga Maori
olo Sranan Tongo