"talk to Ralph on the big white telephone" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk to Ralph on the big white telephone.ogg Forms: talks to Ralph on the big white telephone [present, singular, third-person], talking to Ralph on the big white telephone [participle, present], talked to Ralph on the big white telephone [participle, past], talked to Ralph on the big white telephone [past]
Etymology: See big white telephone and ralph (“to vomit”). Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=talk to Ralph on the big white telephone}} talk to Ralph on the big white telephone (third-person singular simple present talks to Ralph on the big white telephone, present participle talking to Ralph on the big white telephone, simple past and past participle talked to Ralph on the big white telephone)
  1. (slang) To vomit into a toilet. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-talk_to_Ralph_on_the_big_white_telephone-en-verb-vPOECZeR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See big white telephone and ralph (“to vomit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "talks to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talking to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "talk to Ralph on the big white telephone"
      },
      "expansion": "talk to Ralph on the big white telephone (third-person singular simple present talks to Ralph on the big white telephone, present participle talking to Ralph on the big white telephone, simple past and past participle talked to Ralph on the big white telephone)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vomit into a toilet."
      ],
      "id": "en-talk_to_Ralph_on_the_big_white_telephone-en-verb-vPOECZeR",
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To vomit into a toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "See big white telephone and ralph (“to vomit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "talks to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talking to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked to Ralph on the big white telephone",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "talk to Ralph on the big white telephone"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vomit into a toilet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To vomit into a toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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}

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