ralph
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Related to ralph: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Nader
call Ralph
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to call Ralph out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
cry Ralph
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to cry Ralph out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
cry Ruth
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to cry Ruth out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
hang a ralph
slang To make a right turn. Hang a ralph at the stop sign—the shop is in the next block.
ralph
1. noun, slang A right turn, especially in a motor vehicle. Hang a ralph when you get to the end of the block, and then you'll see the store in front of you. Just take a sharp ralph right here at the corner.
2. noun, slang A loud expulsion of digestive gas through the mouth; a noisy belch. I let out a tremendous ralph after drinking all that soda.
3. verb, slang To expel digestive gas noisily through one's mouth; to belch. Could you not ralph like that at the dinner table, please? It makes me sick.
4. verb, slang To vomit. The sight of all that blood nearly made me ralph. The dog started ralphing up the bits of chicken I'd given it.
ralph up
slang To vomit something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ralph" and "up." The dog started ralphing up the bits of chicken I'd given it. The sight of all that blood nearly made me ralph my lunch up.
talk to Ralph on the big white (tele)phone
slang To vomit profusely and at length into a toilet. "Ralph" is slang meaning "to vomit." He had a few too many shots of tequila and spent the rest of the night talking to Ralph on the big white telephone. You're awfully pale, Charlie. You look like you need to talk to Ralph on the big white phone.
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hang a ralph
Sl. to turn right. He skied down the easy slope and hung a ralph near a fir tree. Don't hang a ralph until you get past the traffic light.
ralph something up
Sl. to vomit something. (Teens and collegiate.) The doctor gave him some stuff that made him ralph it up. He ralphed up his dinner.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
cry ruth
and call ruth and call ralph and cry ralph tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (see also ruth. Also with capital r.) I think I have to cry ruth! Stop the car! Don’t you dare call ralph in my car!
call ralph
verbSee cry ruth
cry ralph
verbSee cry ruth
hang a ralph
(ˈhæŋ ə ˈrælf) tv. to turn right. He skied down the easy slope and hung a ralph near a fir tree.
ralph
and rolf (rælf and rɔlf) in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (see also cry ruth.) She went home and ralphed for an hour.
ralph something up
tv. to vomit (something). (Teens and collegiate.) The doctor gave him some stuff that made him ralph it up.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.