ralph, v. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
(rælf)
Also Ralph.
[Of uncertain origin: app. use of the masc. forename, but perh. echoic.]
intr. To vomit or gag (freq. with up). Also trans.
| 1967 in Current Slang I. iv. 1974 Village Voice (N.Y.) 11 July 19/3 He ralphs up the downers and the quarts of beer. 1975 Verbatim Sept. 16/2 From the mean streets come some of the best: to ralph up ‘to vomit’. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 113/2, 20 verbal expressions for vomiting... 14. Ralph. |