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)
- 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
Questions about ragdolling
- What is ragdolling the present participle and gerund of?
- Ragdolling is the present participle and gerund of ragdoll.
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