Ripple

Quick meaning: Ripple is a noun meaning A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

Meaning

A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

More Meanings

1. One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
5. (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
6. (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
7. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.

Example Sentences

The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.

I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.

These problems were complicated by a foreign exchange crunch which rippled through the economy in 1961-1962, […]

Ripples in the water betray the presence of the fish waiting for a chance to pounce on the insects skirting over the water.

Word Forms

• ripples
• rippling
• rippled
• riple

Synonyms for ripple

Depending on context, synonyms include ruffle, undulate, burble, riffle, babble, gurgle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wavelet, undulate, guggle, bubble, burble, ruffle.

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