medicine ball

noun

: a heavy usually large ball used especially in conditioning and strengthening exercises

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Leonard was working with a medicine ball, doing drills for his recovery process from a right knee injury that has kept him out all season. Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024 This arc ultimately culminates in a montage in the seventh episode of Season 3, in which Johnny puts Miguel through a physical regimen that requires his student to navigate obstacle courses, climb stairs and catch medicine balls — all while on crutches. Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024 The weight room and training equipment includes three squat racks, three stationary bikes, three athletic-training tables and kettle bells, dumbbells and medicine balls. Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 18 July 2024 It can be performed with traditional weights, exercise bands, medicine balls, cable machines, sandbags, kettle bells or even just using your own body weight. Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for medicine ball 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medicine ball was in 1895

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“Medicine ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicine%20ball. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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medicine ball

noun
: a heavy usually large ball used especially for strengthening exercises
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