hackeysack

English

Alternative forms

• hackysack

Etymology

1970s trademark, coined arbitrarily by John Stalberger, presumably from hacky + sack.

Noun

hackeysack (plural hackeysacks)

1. A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or "hack", full of rice or sand is kept from falling to the ground by using any part of the body except the arms.
2. The sack used in this sport.

References

• Bellamy, Ron (March 26, 1980). "Hacky sack?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1C.