Meanings
nounrag doll (plural rag dolls)
plural rag dolls · alternative rag-doll · alternative ragdoll
- A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.
The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll.
1 more example
Then all six foot five and 17 stone of him picks me up like a rag doll and starts throwing me around. I thought I was on the Cha Cha for a minute.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 184
Translations
Afrikaans lappop
- lappopa doll made from cloth and rags
Catalan nina de drap
- nina de drapa doll made from cloth and rags
Chinese Cantonese 布娃娃
- 布娃娃 (bou³ waa¹ waa¹)a doll made from cloth and rags
Chinese Mandarin 布娃娃, 玩具娃娃
- 布娃娃 (bùwáwa)a doll made from cloth and rags
- 玩具娃娃 (wánjù wáwa)a doll made from cloth and rags
Czech hadrová panenka
- hadrová panenkaa doll made from cloth and rags
Danish kludedukke
- kludedukkea doll made from cloth and rags
Dutch lappenpop, voddenpop
- lappenpopa doll made from cloth and rags
- voddenpopa doll made from cloth and rags
- kloddenpopa doll made from cloth and rags
Estonian kaltsunukk
- kaltsunukka doll made from cloth and rags
Finnish räsynukke, mollamaija
- räsynukkea doll made from cloth and rags
- mollamaijaa doll made from cloth and rags
French poupée de chiffon
- poupée de chiffona doll made from cloth and rags
German Stoffpuppe
- Stoffpuppea doll made from cloth and rags
Greek κούκλα κουρέλι
- κούκλα κουρέλι (koúkla kouréli)a doll made from cloth and rags
Hebrew רותי סמרטוטי
- רותי סמרטוטיa doll made from cloth and rags
Hungarian rongybaba
- rongybabaa doll made from cloth and rags
Icelandic tuskudúkka
- tuskudúkkaa doll made from cloth and rags
Italian bambola di pezza, bamboccio
- bambola di pezzaa doll made from cloth and rags
- bamboccioa doll made from cloth and rags
- pigottaa doll made from cloth and rags
Japanese 縫いぐるみ人形, ぬいぐるみ人形
- 縫いぐるみ人形 (nuigurumi ningyō)a doll made from cloth and rags
- ぬいぐるみ人形 (nuigurumi ningyō)a doll made from cloth and rags
Korean 헝겊 인형
- 헝겊 인형 (heonggeop inhyeong)a doll made from cloth and rags
Latvian lupatu lelle
- lupatu lellea doll made from cloth and rags
Norwegian Bokmål filledukke, filledokke
- filledukkea doll made from cloth and rags
- filledokkea doll made from cloth and rags
- tøydukkea doll made from cloth and rags
Persian عروسک پارچهای
- عروسک پارچهایa doll made from cloth and rags
Polish szmaciana lalka
- szmaciana lalkaa doll made from cloth and rags
Portuguese boneca de pano, marafona
- boneca de panoa doll made from cloth and rags
- marafonaa doll made from cloth and rags
- matrafonaa doll made from cloth and rags
Romanian păpușă de cârpă
- păpușă de cârpăa doll made from cloth and rags
Russian тряпи́чная ку́кла
- тряпи́чная ку́кла (trjapíčnaja kúkla)a doll made from cloth and rags
Spanish muñeca de trapo, monigote
- muñeca de trapoa doll made from cloth and rags
- monigotea doll made from cloth and rags
Swedish trasdocka
- trasdockaa doll made from cloth and rags
Tagalog bata-bataan
- bata-bataana doll made from cloth and rags
Turkish bez bebek
- bez bebeka doll made from cloth and rags
Vietnamese búp bê bằng giẻ rách, con búp bê rách rưới
- búp bê bằng giẻ rácha doll made from cloth and rags
- con búp bê rách rướia doll made from cloth and rags
Welsh doli glwt
- doli glwta doll made from cloth and rags
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APA
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“rag doll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rag%20doll. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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