rag-doll
rag-doll is the alternative form of rag doll.
rag-doll is the alternative form of ragdoll.
Meaning of rag doll
Noun
rag doll (plural rag dolls)
- A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.
- The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll.
Meaning of ragdoll
Verb
ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)
- To be flung about so that the limbs move loosely.
- To move, roll, fall, etc., so that the limbs move loosely.
- I was so tired that potholes, fumes and noise aside, I slept regardless, my head rag-dolling from side to side.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 86
- To fling about so that the limbs move loosely.
- “Manhandle” isn’t the term for what he’s doing. It’s something more desperate, the way he’s clutching and yanking and pawing at him—our guy is ragdolling his antagonist.2015, Kent Russell, I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son, Corsair, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN
Forms of rag-doll
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rag-dolls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rag-dolls |
| present participle | rag-dolling |
| past participle | rag-dolled |
| past | rag-dolled |
Questions about rag-doll
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- Rag-doll is the alternative form of rag doll.
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