"ragdoll" meaning in English

See ragdoll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ragdoll.wav Forms: ragdolls [plural]
Etymology: From rag doll. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ragdoll (plural ragdolls)
  1. A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up. Categories (lifeform): Domestic cats Translations (cat breed): 布偶貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 布偶猫 (Bù'ǒumāo) (Chinese Mandarin), ragdola kato (Esperanto), ragdoll [masculine] (French), gatto Ragdoll (Italian), ラグドール (Ragudōru) (Japanese), рэгдо́лл (rɛgdóll) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-noun-en:cat Disambiguation of Domestic cats: 44 30 4 12 2 8 Disambiguation of 'cat breed': 78 14 8
  2. (computer graphics, video games) A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video games
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-noun--pTT28He Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 5 17 1 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 37 4 15 5 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 40 4 17 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 42 2 15 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 27 35 6 16 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 31 7 20 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 35 6 16 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 35 6 16 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 34 8 18 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 35 6 16 5 11 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
  3. Alternative form of rag doll (“doll made from cloth”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rag doll (extra: doll made from cloth)
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-noun-VLWrR9ln
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ragdoll physics

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ragdoll.wav Forms: ragdolls [present, singular, third-person], ragdolling [participle, present], ragdolled [participle, past], ragdolled [past]
Etymology: From rag doll. Head templates: {{en-verb}} ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)
  1. (intransitive, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, video games) To be flung about, such that a person or character has an appearance like that of a rag doll that is flung about. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Skateboarding, Skiing, Snowboarding, Video games
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-verb-NrfTP09c Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skateboarding, skiing, snowboarding, sports, video-games
  2. (intransitive) To move, roll, fall, etc., in the manner of a rag doll. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-verb-4HXjnneF
  3. (transitive) To fling about, such as to cause a person or character to have an appearance like that of a rag doll that is flung about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ragdoll-en-verb-KqgevGBq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rag-doll

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Eve came and tea’d with ragdolls, her children. She was strict with them. My tin soldiers weren’t fit company. […] Now she looks like one of her old ragdolls. O where have my tin soldiers gone?",
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          "ref": "2006, Heather Doherty, Goody Bledsoe, Ottawa, Ont.: Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "Aunt Jackie looked like one of Fleda’s old ragdolls after the play was done—couldn’t stand if she wanted to.",
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          "ref": "2015, Kathleen Clauson, “Tips for Starting Your Own Dream Business on eBay and Etsy in Thirty Days or Less”, in Carol Smallwood, editor, Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part I (Fostering Change), page 83:",
          "text": "Let’s imagine your dream business is to sell homemade ragdolls inspired by an old ragdoll that was made by your great-grandmother in France.",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "cat breed",
      "word": "布偶貓"
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          "ref": "2017, Kevin Hardcastle, In the Cage, Biblioasis, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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 could be landed if they’d been thrown.",
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          "ref": "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 Talent, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The next time we played Milestone, this time at home, Rob got kicked out of the game in the first period for fighting. It wasn’t much of a fight. The guy wasn’t exactly hellfire on skates. Rob and him dropped their gloves, and Rob proceeded to ragdoll the guy. I don’t think the guy even got a punch in.",
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          "ref": "2023, Sk Alham Zain, Fabricated Realities: Short-Stories from the Past, Present, and Future, BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 37:",
          "text": "The storm was brutal. It ragdolled my skinny body and tossed me all over the vessel until it hurled me right at Captain Vex’s cabin door.",
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