rag-doll

See also: rag doll, ragdoll, and Ragdoll

English

Verb

rag-doll (third-person singular simple present rag-dolls, present participle rag-dolling, simple past and past participle rag-dolled)

1. Alternative form of ragdoll.
   • 2003, Julian Davies, Terry Currie, quoting Steve Wraith, Bouncers: Their Lives in Their Own Words, Milo Books, →ISBN:

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

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

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

   • 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:

     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.

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

     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.