rag-doll

plural rag-dolls

1. alternativeAlternative form of rag doll.

   She went to bed each night with a rag-doll by the name of Anabelle Lee.

   1923 October, Robert Nathan, “The Marriage of the Puppets”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume CXXXII, number 4, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2026, page 503, column 2

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   The bull runs are no longer just for young men. Jennifer Smith, 27, from New Jersey, was tossed into the air like a rag-doll by an angry bull on Saturday as she stood at the side of the street.

   2001 July 8, Giles Tremlett, “Bulls-eye”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2013

   Game of Thrones, the world’s most chattered about television show, smashed back onto British screens last night like an angry 400lb Franken-monster: brash, colossal and taking no prisoners. Several readers may get this reference to hulking destroyer The Mountain who is lurking somewhere in King’s Landing resembling, I imagine, a cross between Giant Haystacks and one of those Comfort fabric softener rag-dolls.

   2016 April 25, Grace Dent, “Game of Thrones has finally silenced everyone who complained the TV show wasn't faithful to the books”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024

present singular third person rag-dolls · participle present rag-dolling · participle past rag-dolled · past rag-dolled

1. alternativeAlternative form of ragdoll.

   Blood and snot was still flying as we rag-dolled the lads up the stairs and out onto the street.

   2003, Julian Davies, Terry Currie, quoting Steve Wraith, Bouncers: Their Lives in Their Own Words, Milo Books, →ISBN

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   ‘I’m going to the movies,’ Amelia said blandly, and I could see that she was deliberately rag-dolling her body, making herself inert.

   2003, Richard Yaxley, The Rose Leopard, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN

   When he surfaced, she grabbed him again, this time “rag-dolling” her trainer violently by shaking him back and forth with her powerful neck muscles.

   2012, David Kirby, Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 287

   Hunter throws a drink in Goldust's face and hits a Pedigree, then the currently still unnamed Chyna comes in and destroys Marlena, rag-dolling her around in a tremendous visual.

   2014, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Lee Maughan, Rick Ashley, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 1997, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 21, column 1