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• ralph
  ralph

  verb (used without object)

  to vomit.
• Ralph
  Ralph

  noun

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

ralph

¹ American  

[ralf] / rælf /

verb (used without object)

Slang.

1. to vomit.

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Ralph ² American  

[ralf, reyf, rahf, rahlf] / rælf, reɪf, rɑf, rɑlf /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ralph

First recorded in 1965–70; apparently of expressive origin

Example Sentences

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ralph Ralph

Plus, peeling back the foil from the designated corner requires much more fine motor finesse than one can summon while trying to repress the urge to ralph.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2021

It’s already common for passengers to ralph in ride-share vehicles.

From Slate ● May 16, 2018

BBC presenter Ralph McLean said Kelly was "a natural broadcaster, great family man and always a gentleman".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Carhart-Harris is supported by the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professorship and philanthropic donations to the Psychedelics Division, Neuroscape, UCSF, plus philanthropic donations to the Carhart-Harris Lab.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

And consumer advocate Ralph Nader, for whom she does some editing work, tips her to the story of activist Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The London-reared actor and former Ralph Lauren model comes across as a mild-mannered Gen Z type who runs his words together and is preoccupied with being cute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The New York Times ran a story by Ralph Parker in March 1942 about the different wartime jobs Russian women were able to do: “aviation instructor” is one of them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein