ragdoll

noun

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of ragdoll (“a breed of cat”).
2. A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.
3. A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.

   “In this chapter I'll give you a taste of some of the most popular applications for physics: ragdolls, breakable objects, and movie-style explosions.”

   “It is, in itself, a beautiful little game, but what it really indicates is a new way to create game controls: by simulating muscles rather than arbitrary forces. The rig in Ski Stunt Simulator is a controlled, active ragdoll.”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of rag doll (“doll made from cloth”).

   “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?”

   “Aunt Jackie looked like one of Fleda’s old ragdolls after the play was done—couldn’t stand if she wanted to.”

   “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.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To be flung about so that the limbs move loosely.
2. (intransitive)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.”

3. (transitive)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 ragdoll'''ing his antagonist.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”