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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNCHING BALL

punching ball  [ˈpʌntʃɪŋ bɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNCHING BALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Punching ball is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUNCHING BALL


ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
eyeball
ˈaɪˌbɔːl
eyeball-to-eyeball
ˌaɪbɔːltəˈaɪbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
gumball
ˈɡʌmbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUNCHING BALL

punch tape
punch the bundy
punch-drunk
punch-up
punchbag
punchball
punchboard
punchbowl
punched card
punched tape
puncheon
puncher
punchier
punchiest
punchily
Punchinello
punchiness
punching bag
punchless
punchy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUNCHING BALL

American football
beach ball
billiard ball
bonus ball
costume ball
crystal ball
cue ball
dead ball
debutante ball
eight ball
golf ball
jump ball
masked ball
medicine ball
on the ball
play ball
stress ball
Swiss ball
tea ball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of punching ball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «punching ball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUNCHING BALL

Find out the translation of punching ball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of punching ball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «punching ball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冲球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bola de perforación
570 millions of speakers

English

punching ball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिद्रण गेंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللكم الكرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

груша
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bola de pancadas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাচিং বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

punching ball
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bola menumbuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Punchingball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パンチングボール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펀치 볼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Punching ball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đấm bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குத்துவதை பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सल्ल्याची बॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Delme topu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punching ball
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykrawania piłkę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

груша
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perforare cu bile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάτρηση μπάλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boksbal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stans boll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

punching ball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of punching ball

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNCHING BALL»

The term «punching ball» is regularly used and occupies the 83.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNCHING BALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about punching ball

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNCHING BALL»

Discover the use of punching ball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to punching ball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Prosthetic Gods
A similar Dadameter appears in his self-portrait dadamax maximum (1920), the photocollage also known as The Punching Ball or the Immortality of Buonarroti ( fig. 4.1). Here a handsome young Ernst (his photograph is inscribed "dadamax")  ...
Hal Foster, 2004
2
Le Punching-Ball and la Vache a Lait: La Critique ...
This book is a compendium of collective declarations--texts in which surrealists as a group have intervened in particular political or cultural affairs and controversies.
Franklin Rosemont, Penelope Rosemont, Paul Garon, 1997
3
I Cry for Help!: Autobiography/Health, My True Story ...
I followed Dr. Wadeson instructions, because I knew in my heart that I didn't want to hurt any specific person. I found an inanimate object in the basement, a punching ball. Although it was winter, I was sweating so much that the sweat was just ...
Phil Dorman, 2006
4
Surrealism: Surrealist Visuality
The alternative title of this work, The Punching Ball or The Immortality of Buonarroti, probably afatagaga 1 1 title or inscription given to it by Arp, indicates that this work is both a political parody and a re-enactment of the classic Oedipal scenario ...
Silvano Levy, 1997
5
God Has Something to Say about That: A Divine Call to Excel ...
My God, can you see it's like a punching ball with the elastic rubber band attached to it. You give it a punch with your hand and it moves away from you but it eventually comes back toward you. Punching the ball is like our hand going out to ...
Danielle Martin Moffett, 2009
6
Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth
Guy Ducornet, Le Punching-Ball et la vache a lait: La Critique universitaire nord- americaineface au surrealisme (Angers: Deleatur, 1992). 8. Renee Riese Hubert, "Three Women Poets," Yale French Studies 21 (Spring— Summer 1958): 40 ...
M. E. Warlick, 2013
7
Karate The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting
... 245 punching, distinction between striking, 69, 85 punching ball, 240 punching block,114;24 punching board, 23638 punching andkicking bag,239 punching techniques, 69 84 reactionforce, 1920 reactiontimeexercises, 44 ready position, 69 ...
Hidetaka Nishiyama, Richard Brown, 2011
8
French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, & Co. ...
Quoted in Guy Ducornet, Le Punching-Ball et la Vache à lait: La critique universitaire nord-américaine face au surréalisme (Angers: Actual/Deleatur, 1992 ), 9. See HerbertJ. Muller, “Surrealism: A Dissenting Opinion,” in New Directions in ...
François Cusset, 2008
9
Body by Weimar: Athletes, Gender, and German Modernity
Picon works herself into a violent rage on the punching ball before storming back into the kitchen and knocking the woman out cold. Like Oswalda, Picon, too, appropriated a number of masculine traits in addition to boxing, including ...
Erik N. Jensen, 2010
10
The Figure in Film
A trainer persuades Sanders to take his feelings out on a punching ball. Hitchcock places his camera, so that Corby's head in the background and the punching ball in the foreground cover the same space, as if Sanders imagined he was ...
N. Roy Clifton, 1983

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNCHING BALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term punching ball is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wisconsin's Sam Dekker Celebrates Win By Punching Ball Into …
But it wasn't sunshine and rainbows for all of the Badgers when Dekker began flexing, slamming the ball onto the court before eventually punching the ball away ... «NESN.com, Nov 14»
2
Spanish artist transforms dictator Francisco Franco's head into …
First, he stuffed Spanish dictator Francisco Franco into a fridge. Now, he has transformed Franco's head into a punching ball. Not surprisingly, 36-year-old ... «Raw Story, Dec 13»
3
Steelers' Polamalu violated NFL rule by punching ball forward
The rule states that a player may not bat or punch a loose ball in the field of play toward the opponent's goal line; a loose ball that has touched the ground in any ... «NFL News, Oct 11»
4
Tillman best at punching balls out for fumbles
No one punches the ball out of the hands of opposing ballcarriers more proficiently than veteran Bears cornerback Charles Tillman. So what's his secret? «Chicago Tribune, Jan 11»

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