medicine ball
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of medicine ball
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Among the more novel elements were a "sand tornado" during France's performance, and Maltese contestant Miriana Conte bouncing on a bright red medicine ball for her self-empowerment anthem, Serving.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
Those runs transformed into sprints with a medicine ball.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022
By this point, his Huskies have completed eight four-minute agility stations inside the Dempsey Indoor Center, position groups rotating through cone drills and tire flips and medicine ball tosses.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022
His hands, once making savvy plays on game days, are now shaky when he snags a medicine ball bounced off a trampoline.
From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2020
Beside it someone had left a large and heavy leather- covered ball, a medicine ball.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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