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rip⋅pler

  [rip-ler]
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–noun
1. a person who ripples flax, hemp, etc.
2. an instrument for rippling; ripple.
Origin:
1735–45; ripple 2 + -er 1
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rip·ple 1   (rĭp'əl)   
v.   rip·pled, rip·pling, rip·ples

v.   intr.

    1. To form or display little undulations or waves on the surface, as disturbed water does.

    2. To flow with such undulations or waves on the surface.

  2. To rise and fall gently in tone or volume.

v.   tr.
To cause to form small waves or undulations.
n.  

  1. A small wave.

  2. A wavelike motion; an undulation: the ripple of a flag.

  3. A sound like that made by rippling water: a ripple of laughter.


[Middle English ripplen, to wrinkle, crease, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
rip'pler n., rip'pling·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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