What does "footbag" mean?

A small beanbag or sandbag used as a ball in a number of sports and games. It is typically controlled by the feet, but in some sports every part of the body except the hands and arms may be used.

What is a synonym for "footbag"?

Common synonyms include: ball sack, bawbag, clackerbag, hacky sack, nutsack, scrote.

Footbag

noun

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Noun

1
A small beanbag or sandbag used as a ball in a number of sports and games. It is typically controlled by the feet, but in some sports every part of the body except the hands and arms may be used. countable
2
Any of the sports that use the footbag. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

ball sack bawbag clackerbag hacky sack nutsack scrote

Etymology

From foot + bag, by analogy with football.

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