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🧸 A floppy toy 🤸 To flop loosely
ragdoll

ragdoll

3 3.7
A soft toy like a floppy doll or a gentle type of house cat
  • noun
  • /ˈræɡˌdɑl/
translation icon : muñeca de trapo
  • My friend has a ragdoll that loves to lounge around the house all day.

Examples

  • The child hugged her soft ragdoll tightly as she fell asleep.

  • Marea needed one more item: her ragdoll.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • His name is James, and he's part ragdoll, part Siamese.

    Blog text (27)

  • The aging ragdoll with the hole in its left side was still in Marea's closet, next to her sweaters, scarves, and knit hats—all the necessities for winter.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Dyna is a gentle ragdoll cat known for her affectionate nature.

Synonyms

rag doll
vsragdoll
4 2.0

A cloth doll filled with stuffing and with a painted or stitched face

is the same toy but written as one word and also a cat breed
wuzzy
vsragdoll
  • Baby Talk
3 8.1

A small soft toy a child keeps for comfort

is a floppy cloth doll rather than a general stuffed animal
babydoll
vsragdoll
1 2.4

A toy that looks like a baby for children to play with

is a floppy cloth toy rather than specifically baby-shaped
poochie
vsragdoll
  • Baby Talk
8.4

A soft toy that looks like a small dog

refers to a floppy cloth doll, not an animal-shaped stuffed toy

How Floppy

ragdoll
3 3.7
soft
552 1.0
stiff
127 1.7

Surface Forms

ragdoll singular
ragdolls plural

Morphology

ragdoll = rag + doll (transparent) = rag + doll

The noun is a straightforward compound 'rag' + 'doll' meaning a doll made of rags; the cat-breed sense is a metaphorical extension of that toy sense.

Etymology

Ragdoll comes from two simple words: rag ('piece of cloth') and doll ('toy'). It was first the name for a soft, floppy toy and later for a cat breed that goes very relaxed and 'floppy' in your arms, just like a cloth doll.