ripple
Plural: ripples
Noun
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- 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.
- A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Verb
Verb Forms: rippled, rippling, ripples
- To form or cause to form small, light waves.
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- To propagate like a moving wave.
- To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- To shape into a series of ripples.
- To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
Examples
- A single letter played can "RIPPLE" across the entire Scrabble board, changing everything.
- I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
- I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.
- The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
Origin / Etymology
From an alteration of rimple.
Synonyms
babble, bubble, burble, cockle, guggle, gurgle, riffle, rippling, ruffle, undulate, wavelet
Scrabble Score: 10
ripple: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordripple: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ripple: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary