ripple
IPA: rˈɪpʌɫ
noun
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).
- A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
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