ralph
ralph Lexical Profile
ralph Game Scores & Validity
• verb
North American To vomit or regurgitate the contents of the stomach (slang).
"The choppy waves on the ferry ride made several passengers feel like they were going to ralph."
• noun
North American An act of vomiting, or the matter ejected when vomiting (slang).
"The janitor had to clean up the ralph in the hallway after the school dance."
British A regional nickname for the common raven (Corvus corax), a large, all-black passerine bird of the crow family.
"The old gamekeeper pointed out a solitary ralph perched atop the weathered stone wall."
Word Origin & Etymology
As a slang verb meaning to vomit, 'ralph' originated in North American college slang in the 1960s and is considered an echomimetic (onomatopoeic) use of the masculine given name Ralph, imitating the sound of retching.