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rip·ple1

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–verb (used without object)

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.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly.

6.	to mark as if with ripples; give a wavy form to.

–noun

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.

[Origin: 1660–70; orig. uncert.

]

—Related forms

rip·ple·less, adjective

rip·pling·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. wave, undulate, purl. 5. ruffle, curl, dimple. 7. wavelet, ruffling. See wave.

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rip·ple2

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–noun

1.	a toothed or comblike device for removing seeds or capsules from flax, hemp, etc.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to remove the seeds or capsules from (flax or hemp) with a ripple.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME ripel; c. D repel, G Riffel

]

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rip·ple¹ Audio Help   (rĭp'əl) Pronunciation Key
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.
To rise and fall gently in tone or volume.

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

n.

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

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rip·ple² Audio Help   (rĭp'əl) Pronunciation Key
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.]

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ripple (v.)

1670, "to present a ruffled surface," of unknown origin, perhaps a frequentative of rip (v.). The noun meaning "very small wave" first recorded 1798, from earlier meaning "stretch of shallow, rippling water" (1755). Meaning "ice cream streaked with colored syrup" first attested 1939, so called from its appearance.

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ripple
noun
1.	a small wave on the surface of a liquid
2.	(electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
verb
1.	stir up (water) so as to form ripples
2.	flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"

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ripple [ˈripl] noun

a little wave or movement on the surface of water etc
Example: He threw the stone into the pond, and watched the ripples spread across the water.

Arabic:	تَمَوُّج، تَماوُج
Chinese (Simplified):	波纹
Chinese (Traditional):	波紋
Czech:	vlnění
Danish:	ring
Dutch:	rimpel
Estonian:	virvendus
Finnish:	väre
French:	ondulation
German:	die Kräuselung, kleine Welle
Greek:	κυματισμός
Hungarian:	fodrozódás (vizen)
Icelandic:	gára
Indonesian:	riak
Italian:	ondulazione

Japanese:	さざなみ
Korean:	잔 물결, 파문
Latvian:	ņirboņa; ņirba; vilnīši
Lithuanian:	raibuliavimas, bangelė
Norwegian:	liten bølge, krusning
Polish:	drobna fala
Portuguese (Brazil):	ondulação
Portuguese (Portugal):	ondulação
Romanian:	val mic; undă
Russian:	рябь
Slovak:	vlnenie, sčerenie
Slovenian:	valovanje
Spanish:	ondulación
Swedish:	krusning
Turkish:	dalgacık, hafif dalgalanma

ripple [ˈripl] verb

to (cause to) have ripples
Example: The grass rippled in the wind; The wind rippled the grass.

Arabic:	يَتَماوَج
Chinese (Simplified):	使…起波纹
Chinese (Traditional):	使…起波紋
Czech:	vlnit (se)
Danish:	bølge
Dutch:	(doen) golven
Estonian:	kergelt lainetama (panema)
Finnish:	väreillä
French:	(faire) onduler
German:	kräuseln
Greek:	κυματίζω ελαφρά
Hungarian:	fodroz(ódik)
Icelandic:	gára(st)
Indonesian:	membuat berombak
Italian:	ondeggiare, far ondeggiare*

Japanese:	さざなみを立てる
Korean:	파문을 짓다; …에 파문을 일으키다
Latvian:	viļņot; viļņoties; ņirbēt
Lithuanian:	raibuliuoti, raibinti
Norwegian:	skvulpe, kruse seg
Polish:	falować
Portuguese (Brazil):	ondular
Portuguese (Portugal):	ondular
Romanian:	a (se) undui, a (se) legăna
Russian:	покрывать(ся) рябью
Slovak:	vlniť (sa)
Slovenian:	valovati
Spanish:	ondular
Swedish:	krusa sig, bölja
Turkish:	hafifçe dalgalan(dır)mak

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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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