Definitions for sack race

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sack′ race`(n.)

  1. a race in which each contestant has the legs enclosed in a sack and moves forward by jumping.

    Category: Games

Origin of sack race:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sack race(noun)

    a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack

Wiktionary

  1. sack race(Noun)

    A race in which competitors stand in a sack or similar item and try to be the first to jump to the finish line.


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