Used in a Sentence

ragdoll

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ragdoll.

Editorial note

Maybe, you can select the target by clicking, and the player's ragdoll finds the most efficient way to target that enemy..

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ragdoll gathered in one view.

noun

A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.

noun

Alternative form of rag doll (“doll made from cloth”). [A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.]

noun

(computer graphics, video games) A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ragdoll.

noun

A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.

noun

Alternative form of rag doll (“doll made from cloth”). [A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.]

noun

(computer graphics, video games) A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.

verb

(intransitive, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, video games) To be flung about so that the limbs move loosely.

Example sentences

1

Maybe, you can select the target by clicking, and the player's ragdoll finds the most efficient way to target that enemy..

2

I'm not sure how good the ragdoll system was but I loved how the engine could model damage.

3

It was noteworthy as being one of the first games (if not the first) to have ragdoll physics for the movement of the player.

4

I remember playing with some of their ragdoll physics simluations at least 7 years ago.

5

Also, the other demos are even better, like the ragdoll.

6

An entire star, tossed about in space like a ragdoll.

7

I just recently got a purebred ragdoll...beautiful coat and bred to be extra affectionate.

8

Attak by JohnnyTwoShoes[0,1], is one of the standout games from that era: super-saiyan type battles using an underlying physics/ragdoll engine with fully destructible buildings and terrain.

9

I wish I saw more games like one Ragdoll Invaders, though.

10

For some reason the donkey had something against one of the kids and stomped it to death, then proceeded to throw its dead body around like a ragdoll for hours.

11

I also did the first ragdoll physics engine that worked, and made money off of that.) In some ways, it's harder now, because there are so many people doing stuff in computing.

12

The reason I say this is that much of the hidden game-play/mechanics was emergent from the simple basic game-play -- you controlled a ragdoll shooting and avoiding a series of progressively more difficult enemies.

Quote examples

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Yes, I've seen it, but "physics" in this case means ragdoll physics, it's not like Havok/PhsyX or anything that modern game engines uses.

2

Prince of Persia did not have "Ragdoll physics".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ragdoll in a sentence?

Maybe, you can select the target by clicking, and the player's ragdoll finds the most efficient way to target that enemy..

What does ragdoll mean?

A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.

What part of speech is ragdoll?

ragdoll is commonly used as noun, verb.