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ralph

[ralf]

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verb (used without object) Slang.

to vomit.

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Origin:
1970–75; apparently of expressive orig.

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noun

a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”

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Word Origin & History

Ralph

masc. proper name, shortened from Radulf, from O.N. Raðulfr (O.E. Rædwulf), lit. "wolf-counsel," from rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf."

Slang Dictionary

ralph definition

[rælf] and [rɔlf]
and rolf

in.
to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (Teens and collegiate. See also cry ruth.) : She went home and ralphed for an hour.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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