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to ralph

to ralph

5 9.5
To force food or drink out of your mouth
  • verb
  • /rælf/
  • Slang
: vomitar
  • I think I'm gonna ralph.
  • gonna ralph
  • just ralphed

Examples

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto ralph
  • Informal
313 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is the plain neutral label for that bodily action
to puke
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
170 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the same action but used as a neutral term
to vomit
vsto ralph
133 1.0

To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth

is the neutral everyday term for that same action
to barf
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
43 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is the neutral everyday term rather than coarse speech
to retch
vsto ralph
19 7.2

To make a strong, uncontrolled effort to vomit, sometimes bringing up food from your stomach

is the general term for actually expelling contents through the mouth
to puke up
vsto ralph
  • Informal
11 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

covers the same result but often implies stronger expulsion
to puke guts out
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
10 9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is the standard term without implying extreme violence or quantity
to regurgitate
vsto ralph
7 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

describes a forceful expulsion through the mouth rather than gentle return
to blow chunks
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the neutral clinical or common description without slang
to vomit up
vsto ralph
  • Informal
4 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the general term for the same physical process
to puke my guts out
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
4 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is the neutral term that does not stress repetition or violence
to upchuck
vsto ralph
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the neutral everyday expression for that event
to chuck
vsto ralph
  • UK
1 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the neutral term, not the casual slang form
to sick
vsto ralph
1 7.4

To throw up

is the standard neutral word for that same event
to spew
vsto ralph
  • Informal
1 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the neutral term without the emphasis on force
to regurge
vsto ralph
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To bring food or liquid back into the mouth from the stomach without strong vomiting

is about forceful expulsion rather than mild return
to disgorge
vsto ralph
1 8.7

To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick

is the common neutral word for that ejection
to chunder
vsto ralph
  • Australian
1 9.9

To throw up because you feel sick

is the neutral and widely understood label for that act
to cast
vsto ralph
  • Archaic
1 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the everyday word for that bodily action rather than this variant
to be sick
vsto ralph
1 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is the specific neutral verb for that bodily action
to regorge
vsto ralph
9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is the everyday neutral way to name that action
to hang a Ralph
vsto ralph
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up when you feel sick

is the neutral standard description rather than slang
to launch one's lunch
vsto ralph
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up food you just ate

is the straightforward neutral expression without humor

Idioms

9.9

To throw up when you feel sick

How Forceful

to spew
  • Informal
5 6.5
to ralph
  • Slang
5 9.5
to retch
19 7.2
to gag
53 5.1

Surface Forms

ralph infinitive
ralphed past
ralphed past participle
ralphing present participle
ralphs third person singular

Etymology

Ralph as a verb likely comes from the same idea — either the name Ralph or the sound of being sick, which makes it easy to picture. So to ralph means 'to vomit' or 'to throw up'.