RAG DOLL Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

rag doll

noun

Definition of rag doll

as in hand puppet

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Recent Examples of rag doll The industry functions on a delicate infrastructure of intimidation, backbiting, and the occasional contract amid endless favors, yanking Aasmaan through its machinations like a rag doll in the wind. — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025 That drive, which included another sack where Burrow was tossed like a rag doll, was exactly what Bengals fans did not want to see. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Without warning or notice the door opens and the bull bolted into the arena, throwing Horton around like a rag doll. — Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025 Cat breeds that are most likely to accept dogs into their life include Maine coons, rag dolls, and Siamese. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for rag doll

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Noun

In the mitt biz, this is broken down into the categories of mitten (looks like a large winter mitten); pincer, which has the thumb flap directly opposing the other fingers like a hand puppet (which is why they’re also called puppet mitts); and glove, which separates all five fingers.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026
The tipping point came in flashback, during which the tiny turtle monster is told a violent bedtime story by his father, with the benefit of crude but charming hand puppets and cardboard sets.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of hand puppet

Noun

Celebrate this beloved Disney Princess with this beautiful American Girl® 18-inch doll with brown hair and hazel eyes, designed in collaboration with Disney.

— Megan duBois, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
City leaders announced Beal’s firing Thursday and said it was connected to how the city responded when someone left a Black doll hanging from a rope by its neck in a fire station stairwell in March.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of doll

Noun

Before Brown invented the Steadicam, about the only way to create a smooth moving shot on a film was to use a dolly, a technology that had been around since the early days of filmmaking but required heavy track that could only be laid so far.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 July 2026
Tuesday, surveillance video shows an SUV pull up and two people enter the back door of Hushcha's loft with a dolly.

— Jason Rantala, CBS News, 3 June 2026

Definition of dolly

Noun

Action Man — the iconic British action figure that first launched in 1966 — is getting the movie treatment.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
With the Vietnam War raging in Southeast Asia and televised on the nightly news, Major Matt Mason blasted into Sears and JCPenney catalogs when soldier action figures were losing their appeal.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of action figure

Noun

The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up.

— Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
Between 1902 and 1904, she was granted eight patents related to rotary engines, including sleeve-valve innovations that were improvements over conventional poppet valves.

— John Greathouse, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021

Definition of poppet

Noun

As fans exited the Stadium, lurking entrepreneurs offered a hundred dollars for the figurines; today, sellers ask for as much as a thousand bucks on eBay.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Related Articles To create the piece, the artist animated Iron Age female figurines that are often associated with fertility.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of figurine

Noun

The actor earned eight Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her portrayal of Detective Olivia Benson on NBC’s long-running crime procedural, which premiered in 1999, and won a statuette in 2006.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
So far, two Czechoslovak films and one Czech film managed to win the iconic Oscar statuette for what is now the international feature film honor, previously known as the best foreign-language film award.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of statuette

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