a masculine name: equiv. Fr. Raoul
Origin of Ralph
Old Norse Rathulfr (akin to Old English Rædwulf) from rath, counsel (for Indo-European base see read) + ulfr, wolfRalph
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ralph
intransitive verb
ralphed, ralph·ing, ralphs SlangTo vomit.
Origin of ralph
Imitative use of the name RalphTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present ralphs, present participle ralphing, simple past and past participle ralphed)
- (slang) To vomit.
Proper noun
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Origin
From Proto-Germanic *Rēdawulfaz, brought to England first in the Old Norse (Ráðúlfr), then in the Norman form.
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