1British A stuffed or inflated ball suspended or mounted on a stand, used for punching as exercise or training, especially by boxers.
〈英〉（尤指拳击选手锻炼或训练时使用的）梨球，吊球
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Despite the lack of a swimming pool on board the ship to Canada, King kept fit by using a boxer's punchball - the method Allan Wells pioneered for track sprinters over 40 years later.
He is a past master of the photo-opportunity who, as a Scottish Office minister, wowed inmates at Saughton Prison with his boxing skills by laying into a punchball.
2US mass nounA team ball game in which a rubber ball is punched or headed.
〈美〉拳球（用拳击或用头顶橡皮球的分组对抗球类运动）
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Punchball is a sport similar to baseball but without a pitcher, catcher, or bat.
I come from the part of Brooklyn, N.Y., where girls played punchball or handball, unless they were fortunate enough to have someone pay for their tennis lessons.
Punchball should be declared an Olympic event.
Definition of punchball in US English:
punchball
nounˈpən(t)ʃbɔlˈpən(t)SHbôl
1US A team ball game in which a rubber ball is punched or headed.
〈美〉拳球（用拳击或用头顶橡皮球的分组对抗球类运动）
Example sentencesExamples
Punchball is a sport similar to baseball but without a pitcher, catcher, or bat.
Punchball should be declared an Olympic event.
I come from the part of Brooklyn, N.Y., where girls played punchball or handball, unless they were fortunate enough to have someone pay for their tennis lessons.
2British
another term for punching bag
Example sentencesExamples
Despite the lack of a swimming pool on board the ship to Canada, King kept fit by using a boxer's punchball - the method Allan Wells pioneered for track sprinters over 40 years later.
He is a past master of the photo-opportunity who, as a Scottish Office minister, wowed inmates at Saughton Prison with his boxing skills by laying into a punchball.