"hacky sack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hacky sacks [plural]
Etymology: A trademark of Wham-O. It uses 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 the feet. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games, Sports
    Sense id: en-hacky_sack-en-noun--tRJhekY Disambiguation of Sports: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 86 14 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Topics: games
  2. (countable) The footbag used for such a game. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-hacky_sack-en-noun-aDI5uvkN

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