punching ball

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   an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing

   Synonymspunching bagpunch bagpunchball

   Broaderball

Questions about punching ball

What does punching ball mean?

punching ball means "an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing".

What is another word for punching ball?

Close synonyms include punching bag, punch bag, punchball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is punching ball a common word?

punching ball is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.