rolf

¹ American  

[rolf] / rɒlf /

verb (used without object)

Slang.

1. to vomit.

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Rolf ² American  

[rolf] / rɒlf /

noun

1. Also called Rolf the Ganger.  Rollo.

2. a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “glory” and “wolf.”

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Rolf ³ American  

[rawlf, rolf] / rɔlf, rɒlf /

verb (used with object)

1. to massage using the techniques of Rolfing.

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Rolf British  

/ rɒlf /

noun

1. other names for Rollo

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Other Word Forms

• Rolfer noun

Etymology

Origin of rolf¹

1970–75, apparently variant of ralph

Origin of Rolf¹

1965–70; after Ida P. Rolf (1897–1979), U.S. physiotherapist who invented the techniques

Example Sentences

“With the stabilization, the consumer climate is currently almost exactly at the previous year’s level. This is also good news for the retail sector with regard to Christmas spending… Consumers are in a similar shopping mood as last year,” Rolf Buerkl, head of consumer climate at NIM, said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company logo for the Dutch design team of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, who call themselves “fashion artists,” is a wax seal bearing the monogram V&R. They introduced it in 2000, seven years after the launch of their label Viktor&Rolf, and it recalls the wax drips and signets that in centuries past secured folded letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

The logo suggests that Viktor and Rolf are sending us messages, not with words on a page but through sculptural creations that push out of the atelier and into visual culture.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year saw their first major museum retrospective, “Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Presented by the Kunsthalle München, in Germany, and organized by the Canadian curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot in collaboration with Maison Viktor&Rolf, that show has now arrived at its exclusive U.S. venue, the High Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal

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