Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rag-doll

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: rag--doll
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of rag doll.

verb

Alternative form of ragdoll.

Example Sentences

"She went to bed each night with a rag-doll by the name of Anabelle Lee."
"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."
"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."
"Blood and snot was still flying as we rag-dolled the lads up the stairs and out onto the street."
"‘I’m going to the movies,’ Amelia said blandly, and I could see that she was deliberately rag-dolling her body, making herself inert."
"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."

Inflected Forms

rag-dolls (plural) rag-dolls (present, singular) rag-dolling (participle, present) rag-dolled (participle, past) rag-dolled (past)

Questions

What does rag-doll mean?: Alternative form of rag doll.

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