English Explanatory Dictionary

ripple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
  2. One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
  3. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
  4. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
  5. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
  6. A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
verb
  1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
  2. To propagate like a moving wave.
  3. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
  4. To shape into a series of ripples.
  5. To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
verb
  1. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
noun
  1. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
verb
  1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
noun
  1. thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
name
  1. A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).
  2. A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/ en-us-ripple.ogg

Word forms

ripple ripples rippling rippled reeple riple

Etymology

From an alteration of rimple.

Synonyms

ruffle

Related words

hackle brake scutch swingle

Derived words

aripple equiripple intraripple megaripple nanoripple raspberry ripple ripple box ripple carry ripple effect rippleless ripple mark rippler ripple strip ripplet ripple voltage ripplon ripply unrippled → Welsh: riplen riblen
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