Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)To vomit.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Last night I ralphed.

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  2. As Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it, "language is fossil poetry".

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Origin

US 1960s, of uncertain origin, apparently derived from a use of the male name Ralph, but p

US 1960s, of uncertain origin, apparently derived from a use of the male name Ralph, but perhaps imitative.

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Forms

ralphs, ralphing, ralphed, ralphed
Base formralph · to ralph
3rd person singularralphs
Present participleralphing
Past simpleralphed
Past participleralphed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyralph
he, she, itralphs

Past simpleLesson

all personsralphed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ralphed
he, she, ithas ralphed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ralph

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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