"hacky sack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hacky sacks [plural], hackysack [alternative], hackeysack [alternative], hacky-sack [alternative], Hacky-Sack [alternative]
Etymology: A trademark of Wham-O. First use appears c. 1977. It uses a reduplication of the word sack with the word hacky; a hack, in the game's terminology, is akin to a point, and happens when every player in a group successfully passes the footbag. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hacky sack (countable and uncountable, plural hacky sacks)
  1. (uncountable, games) A game or activity in which one or a group of players try to keep a footbag off the ground using only their feet. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hacky_sack-en-noun-OiXiwXPE Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, English reduplications, English rhyming compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Sports Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 88 12 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 88 12 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Sports: 100 0 Topics: games
  2. (countable) The footbag used for such a game. Tags: countable Translations (game): сокс (soks) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-hacky_sack-en-noun-aDI5uvkN Disambiguation of 'game': 43 57

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Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.74",
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