medicine ball

noun

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

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There are medicine balls and peanut balls for laboring, books and magazines, and a TV. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024 So toss a medicine ball, Tylicki said, or use resistance bands to create extra tension against your muscle tissues. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 16 July 2024 Select a light medicine ball and press it over your head with both hands. Matt Parrott, arkansasonline.com, 30 June 2024 Even just the thought of launching a weighted medicine ball in the air can be challenging. Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 14 June 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 8 Nov. 2024.

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medicine ball

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