medicine ball

noun

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

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Brittany’s video shows them in workout gear, Whoop trackers strapped to their wrists, going head-to-head on a mat doing leg lifts and passing a medicine ball back and forth. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025 The one event not being carried forward is the standing power throw, which required soldiers to throw a 10-pound medicine ball over their heads and backward. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025 Explosively jump up, raising the medicine ball straight over your head. Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 The emergency contact trend is believed to have started after Paiz posted a video on Jan. 31 of her partner repeatedly body-rolling on a medicine ball. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 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 May. 2025.

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medicine ball

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