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rolf

  [rolf]
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–verb (used without object) Slang.
to vomit.
Origin:
1970–75, Americanism; appar. var. of ralph
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Rolf

  [rawlf, rolf]
–verb (used with object)
to massage using the techniques of Rolfing.
Origin:
1965–70; after Ida P. Rolf (1897–1979), U.S. physiotherapist who invented the techniques

Related forms:
Rolfer, noun

Rolf

  [rolf]
–noun
1. Also called Rolf the Ganger  [gang-er] . Rollo (def. 1).
2. a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “glory” and “wolf.”

Rol⋅lo

  [rol-oh]
–noun
1. Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931?, Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
2. a male given name, form of Rolf.
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Rolf   (rŏlf)   
See Rollo.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
ralph [rælf] and [rɔlf]

and rolf
  1. 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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Word Origin & History

Rolf 
masc. proper name, introduced in England by the Normans, from O.N. Hrolfr, related to O.H.G. Hrodulf, lit. "wolf of fame" (see Rudolph). Rolfing (1972) as a deep massage technique is named for U.S. physiotherapist Ida P. Rolf (1897-1979), and first attested 1958, as Rolf Technique.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rolf
Pronunciation: 'rolf also 'rof
Function: transitive verb
often capitalized : to practice Rolfing on —rolf·er /'rol-f&r also 'ro-/ noun often capitalized
Rolf /'rolf,/ Ida P. (1896–1979), Americanbiochemist and physiotherapist. Rolf received a doctorate in biochemistry and physiology. After working 12 years as a biochemist, she devoted 40 years to developing a new kind of physical therapyinvolving vigorous manipulation of the body's underlying musculature. The muscular manipulation was held to correct the body's structure so that it would be in alignment with the earth's gravitationalfield. Rolfing became an object of considerable popular interest in the 1970s.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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