Rolf

¹ American  

[rawlf, rolf] / rɔlf, rɒlf /

verb (used with object)

1. to massage using the techniques of Rolfing.

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Rolf ² American  

[rolf] / rɒlf /

noun

1. Also called Rolf the Ganger.  Rollo.

2. a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “glory” and “wolf.”

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rolf ³ American  

[rolf] / rɒlf /

verb (used without object)

Slang.

1. to vomit.

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Rolf British  

/ rɒlf /

noun

1. other names for Rollo

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Other Word Forms

• Rolfer noun

Etymology

Origin of Rolf¹

1965–70; after Ida P. Rolf (1897–1979), U.S. physiotherapist who invented the techniques

Origin of rolf¹

1970–75, apparently variant of ralph

Example Sentences

“With the stabilization, the consumer climate is currently almost exactly at the previous year’s level. This is also good news for the retail sector with regard to Christmas spending… Consumers are in a similar shopping mood as last year,” Rolf Buerkl, head of consumer climate at NIM, said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Presented by the Kunsthalle München, in Germany, and organized by the Canadian curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot in collaboration with Maison Viktor&Rolf, that show has now arrived at its exclusive U.S. venue, the High Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal

Viktor and Rolf interrogate the tropes of fashion by inventively manipulating the tropes of fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, a hologram video of a live show sees Viktor and Rolf dressing the model Maggie Rizer in the same eight garments, each nesting into the next.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company logo for the Dutch design team of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, who call themselves “fashion artists,” is a wax seal bearing the monogram V&R. They introduced it in 2000, seven years after the launch of their label Viktor&Rolf, and it recalls the wax drips and signets that in centuries past secured folded letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

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