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Definition: Punching Bag |
Punching BagNoun1. An inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Punching BagSynonyms: punchball (n), punching ball (n). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Boxer with punching bag. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Boxer punching a punching bag. | | Sound of impact when a man punches a punching bag. |
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| Language | Translations for "punching bag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | круша (pear, pear tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sacco (a great deal, a lot, bag, budget, sac, sack, sackful, sackfuls). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unchingpay agbay боксерская груша. (various references) saco de arena (punch-bag, punchball, sandbag). (various references) slagpåse, sandsäck (sandbag). (various references) kum torbası (sandbag), boks antremanı torbası. (various references) підвісна груша (punch-bag, punchball, punching ball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-g-h-i-n-n-p-u" | |
-3 letters: bunching, changing, pinchbug, punching, uncaging. | |
-4 letters: baching, banging, bunging, hanging, panging, unaging, unchain. | |
-5 letters: aching, baning, caging, caning, cubing, gaping, guanin, hangup, hubcap, pacing, paging, painch, paunch, pinang, unhang. | |
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