ragdoll
ragdoll noun: a modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up. Also the alternative form of rag doll.
Noun (1)
ragdoll (plural ragdolls)
- A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.
- A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.
- In this chapter I'll give you a taste of some of the most popular applications for physics: ragdolls, breakable objects, and movie-style explosions.2007, Ian Millington, Game physics engine development, page 401
- It is, in itself, a beautiful little game, but what it really indicates is a new way to create game controls: by simulating muscles rather than arbitrary forces. The rig in Ski Stunt Simulator is a controlled, active ragdoll.2008, Steve Swink, Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation, page 333
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
- They worked from the clinch against the ringposts and Daniel handfought to get the Thai Plum, one hand clasped over the other behind the other man’s neck, and there he pinched his elbows together and ragdolled Jung Woo, stepped wide and flung him across the canvas, pulled him back to where knees...2017, Kevin Hardcastle, In the Cage, Biblioasis, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Ragdoll
Ragdoll (plural Ragdolls)
- Alternative letter-case form of ragdoll (“a breed of cat”).
Also used as
ragdoll is also the alternative form of rag doll.
Examples of ragdoll in a sentence
- Rob and him dropped their gloves, and Rob proceeded to ragdoll the guy.2020, Jerry “Teabag” Hack, Memoir of a Hockey Nobody: They Said I Couldn’t Make the NHL, So I Went Out and Proved Them Right!, Tellwell...
- It ragdolled my skinny body and tossed me all over the vessel until it hurled me right at Captain Vex’s cabin door.2023, Sk Alham Zain, Fabricated Realities: Short-Stories from the Past, Present, and Future, BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 37:
Forms of ragdoll
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ragdolls |
| plural | Ragdolls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ragdolls |
| present participle | ragdolling |
| past participle | ragdolled |
| past | ragdolled |
| alternative form | rag-doll |
Origin of ragdoll
From rag doll.
Words formed from ragdoll
Questions about ragdoll
- What does ragdoll mean?
- Ragdoll means a modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.
- How do you use ragdoll in a sentence?
- Rob and him dropped their gloves, and Rob proceeded to ragdoll the guy.
- What part of speech is ragdoll?
- Ragdoll can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of ragdoll?
- The plural of ragdoll is ragdolls.
Words near ragdoll in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ragdoll (page history and authors); Ragdoll (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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