Usually means: Equipment for striking, training, absorbing.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word punching bag:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. punching bag: Merriam-Webster
  2. punching bag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punching bag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. punching bag: Collins English Dictionary
  5. punching bag: Vocabulary.com
  6. punching-bag: Wordnik
  7. punching bag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. punching bag: Wiktionary
  9. punching bag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. punching bag: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. punching bag: Dictionary.com
  12. Punching Bag (album), Punching bag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. punching bag: Rhymezone
  14. punching bag: FreeDictionary.org
  15. punching bag: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. punching bag: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punching bag: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punching bag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. punching bag, the punching bag: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (punching bag)

noun:  A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.
noun:  (figuratively) A person serving as an object of abuse.

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