[rip-uh
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verb, -pled, -pling, noun | 1. | (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze. |
| 2. | to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface. |
| 3. | (of a solid surface) to form or have small undulations, ruffles, or folds. |
| 4. | (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude. |
| 5. | to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly. |
| 6. | to mark as if with ripples; give a wavy form to. |
| 7. | a small wave or undulation, as on water. |
| 8. | any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair. |
| 9. | a small rapid. |
| 10. | Geology. ripple mark. |
| 11. | a sound, as of water flowing in ripples: a ripple of laughter. |
[rip-uhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.| 1. | a toothed or comblike device for removing seeds or capsules from flax, hemp, etc. |
| 2. | to remove the seeds or capsules from (flax or hemp) with a ripple. |
| rip·ple 1 (rĭp'əl) v. rip·pled, rip·pling, rip·ples v. intr.
To cause to form small waves or undulations. n.
[Middle English ripplen, to wrinkle, crease, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] rip'pler n., rip'pling·ly adv. |
| rip·ple 2 (rĭp'əl) n. A comblike, toothed instrument for removing seeds from flax and other fibers. tr.v. rip·pled, rip·pling, rip·ples To remove seeds from with a comblike, toothed instrument. [Middle English, from *ripelen, to remove seeds; akin to Middle Low German repelen.] |
Ripple
A metaphor for a short-term market trend.
Investopedia Commentary
The ripple is one of the ocean metaphors coined by Robert Rhea, one of the original technical analysts. In general, technical analysts encourage traders to ignore market ripples.
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