punching bag Definition

punchball, punching ball, whipping boy, pinata, sparring partner, basher, lightning rod, cudgel, patsy, scapegoat, bogeyman, mouthpiece, bludgeon, crybaby, bully, plaything, pummeling, lapdog, nemesis, cannon fodder, noogie, fodder, needler, boxing gloves, blowhard, jab, doormat, foe, whiner, crutch, potshot, stooge, lampooned, mocked, boogeyman, counterweight, apologist, whupping, loudmouth, underdog, chump, rorschach test, shadowboxing, playpen, measuring stick, punchline, ridiculing, pugilist, creampuff, rallying cry, scold, smackdown, appendage, laughingstock, masher, pillory, kryptonite, caricature, sparring, whomps, puppet, hobbyhorse, bloviator, loose cannon, darling, haymaker, battering ram, weakling, belittling, sledgehammer, sissy, antagonist, mudslinger, butt, taunt, beanbag, toady, overdog, unmercifully, prizefighter, steamroll, deride, aggressor, dissing, homophobe, bully pulpit, excuse, hot potato, jackass, launching pad, whipping, palooka, lackey, dufus, adversary, flyswatter, vilified, woodshed, pariah, whup,