punchbag

/ ˈpʌntʃˌbæɡ /

noun

1. Also called (US and Canadian): punching bag. a suspended stuffed bag that is punched for exercise, esp boxing training

Example Sentences

The white-haired veteran then demonstrates the technique with a series of perfectly-delivered powerful blows to a punchbag mounted on the gym wall.

Read more on BBC

Up to now, Martin has been a human shield, an easy punchbag, but for all the animosity he drew no Rangers fan thinks that the club's problems began and ended with him.

Read more on BBC

It was 56 years since a major trophy landed on Tyneside in the shape of the long-defunct Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the ensuing years an era when the club has become a punchline and punchbag for other fans to feast on.

Read more on BBC

He is facing opposition from unions, who over the weekend accused the government of "the retreading of failed ideas and narratives" and risked "treating the Civil Service as a political punchbag".

Read more on BBC

He is facing opposition from Civil Service unions, who over the weekend accused the government of "the retreading of failed ideas and narratives" and risked "treating the civil service as a political punchbag".

Read more on BBC