ragdolled

Tossed like laundry

Ragdolled describes being thrown, tossed, or flung about limply, like a cloth doll with no rigid structure.

The term comes from video games, where ragdoll physics simulate how bodies tumble and flop when hit or killed.

Outside gaming, it describes violent physical manipulation: The explosion ragdolled him across the room.

She got ragdolled by the waves.

physics

limp

Lacking firmness or rigidity

  • floppyLacking rigidity, bending easily
  • tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
  • collisionForceful contact between objects

thrown · bouncing · momentum · inertia · simulation · flailing · weightless · puppet · boneless · gravity

violence

knocked

Struck with fist

beaten · crumpled · collapsed · limp · unconscious · brutal · impact · hit · smashed · thrown

accident

crash

Sudden violent impact

impact · collision · flipped · wreck · roll · thrown · vehicle · momentum · uncontrolled · injury

gaming

killed

Caused to die

grenade · launched · gibbed · wasted · pwned · obliterated · eliminated · respawn · knockout · death

Opposites
bodily control

ragdolledbraced

Steadied against force

tensed · controlled · stabilized · composed · planted

physical resistance

ragdolledresisted

Refused to yield

fought back · pushed back · withstood · anchored · immovable

agency and power

ragdolleddominated

Controlled or overpowered

overpowered · manhandled · bulldozed · trucked · pancaked

Phrases
Family

ragdoll, ragdolls, ragdolling

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG