ralphv.
/ralf/, U.S. /rælf/ slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
intransitive. To vomit. Also transitive (with up or out): to expel by vomiting.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit
spewc897
vomea1382
brake1393
perbreak?a1400
castc1440
envomish1480
parbreak1495
vomita1500
to cast the crawa1529
to cast (up), heave, spue up, vomit one's gorgea1529
galpa1535
to cast out1561
puke1586
purge1596
void1605
to jerk, shoot, whip the cat1609
rid1647
to flay the fox1653
posset1781
to shoot the cat1785
to throw up1793
throw1804
cascade1805
reject1822
yark1867
sick1924
to toss (also shoot, blow, etc.) one's cookies1927
to lose a dinner (or a meal)1941
to spew one's ring1949
chunder1950
barf1960
upchuck1960
yuck1963
ralph1966
to go for the big spit1967
vom1991
1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 1 iii. 6 Ralph, to vomit.
1974 Village Voice (N.Y.) 11 July 19/3 He ralphs up the downers and the quarts of beer.
1991 Washington Post 27 Jan. (Mag. section) 36/1 I managed to avoid ralphing directly onto the shoes of the principal.
1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 347 He coughed his heart out behind a baggage trolley and ralphed his ring out behind a soft-drinks machine.
2006 T. Carrington Dirty Laundry 269 We'd gotten into the liquor and two of my so-called friends had ralphed all over.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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