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ragdolling

ragdolling is the present participle and gerund of ragdoll.

Meaning of ragdoll

Verb

ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)

  1. (intransitive) To be flung about so that the limbs move loosely.
  2. (intransitive) 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
  3. (transitive) 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

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Questions about ragdolling

What is ragdolling the present participle and gerund of?
Ragdolling is the present participle and gerund of ragdoll.

Words near ragdolling in the dictionary

  1. Ragdale
  2. Ragdales
  3. ragdoll
  4. ragdoll physics
  5. ragdolled
  6. ragdolling
  7. ragdolls
  8. rage
  9. rage bait
  10. rage baited
  11. rage baiter

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