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  rolf

  verb (used without object)

  to vomit.
• Rolf
  Rolf

  verb (used with object)

  to massage using the techniques of Rolfing.

rolf

¹ American  

[rolf] / rɒlf /

verb (used without object)

Slang.

1. to vomit.

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Rolf ² American  

[rawlf, rolf] / rɔlf, rɒlf /

verb (used with object)

1. to massage using the techniques of Rolfing.

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Rolf ³ 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 British  

/ rɒlf /

noun

1. other names for Rollo

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Other Word Forms

• Rolfer
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of rolf¹

1970–75, apparently variant of ralph

Origin of Rolf²

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

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Rolf

The Kospi surge was simply “extraordinary,” Rolf Bulk, Singapore-based head of semiconductors and infrastructure at research firm The Futurum Group, told MarketWatch in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Department of War, and the MIT Rolf G. Locher Endowed Fellowship supported the research, in part.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Jess Rolf, 23, says having children was "never something she worried about", and trying to build a settled life was "very stressful with the cost of living and the job market".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“Consumer climate has, at least for the moment, ended its downward trend and is recovering somewhat this month,” said Rolf Buerkl, head of the survey at NIM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Professor Rolf Eliassen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified before a congressional committee to the impossibility of predicting the composite effect of these chemicals, or of identifying the organic matter resulting from the mixture.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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