sack race
noun
: a jumping race in which each contestant's legs are enclosed in a sack
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Potato Sack Race: Bring back the classic potato sack race for your Fourth of July celebration. 
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022 This set comes with four colorful sack race bags, six sets of wooden spoons and eggs, four three-leg relay bands with adjustable elastic tethers, and with additional 10 plastic gold medals — for the day’s big winners, of course! Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 16 May 2022 For those not participating in the egg painting contest, there will be craft stations, face painting, a bunny hop sack race, a DJ and more. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022 Garrett is so hell-bent to get back to the playoffs that slipping to No. 2 in the NFL sack race behind T.J. Watt hasn’t even registered. Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 The performance, which topped the Browns’ previous single-game mark of 4 and earned Garrett AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors, catapulted him to the top of the NFL sack race with 5 1/2. cleveland, 29 Sep. 2021 Even the potato-sack race, which Jessica unexpectedly wins for her team with a series of cartwheels, seems to be helping everyone blow off steam! Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021 The day’s plan goes like this: smoothies (of course), meditation, a potato-sack race, a long hike, and 11 hours of fasting. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021 The show, based on the 2018 bestseller by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies), at times feels like Fox's Fantasy Island smarted up and at other times like HBO's The White Lotus dumbed down (again: the potato-sack race). Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2021 See More
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022 This set comes with four colorful sack race bags, six sets of wooden spoons and eggs, four three-leg relay bands with adjustable elastic tethers, and with additional 10 plastic gold medals — for the day’s big winners, of course! Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 16 May 2022 For those not participating in the egg painting contest, there will be craft stations, face painting, a bunny hop sack race, a DJ and more. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022 Garrett is so hell-bent to get back to the playoffs that slipping to No. 2 in the NFL sack race behind T.J. Watt hasn’t even registered. Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 The performance, which topped the Browns’ previous single-game mark of 4 and earned Garrett AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors, catapulted him to the top of the NFL sack race with 5 1/2. cleveland, 29 Sep. 2021 Even the potato-sack race, which Jessica unexpectedly wins for her team with a series of cartwheels, seems to be helping everyone blow off steam! Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021 The day’s plan goes like this: smoothies (of course), meditation, a potato-sack race, a long hike, and 11 hours of fasting. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021 The show, based on the 2018 bestseller by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies), at times feels like Fox's Fantasy Island smarted up and at other times like HBO's The White Lotus dumbed down (again: the potato-sack race). Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above