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ralph
/ɹælf/
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What does ralph mean?
verb
- (slang) To vomit.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- (slang) Fictional person used in references to vomiting.
- An unincorporated community in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
noun
- (obsolete) A raven.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹælf/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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They left their foster-mother, The one was Ralph, our brother, Our captain was the other, A many years ago.
Then Ralph shook his rein, and rode out of the abbey-gate, smiling at the lay-brethren and the men-at-arms who hung about there.
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After due deliberation, Ralph and Indiana decide to commit suicide, but they have to agree about the kind of death they will die.
I was pretty diligent, but spent with Ralph a good deal of my earnings in going to plays and other places of amusement.
He had a worthy minister in his favourite, Ralph, nicknamed—for almost every famous person had a nickname in those rough days—Flambard, or the Firebrand.