ripple

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rip⋅ple

1 [rip-uh

verb, -pled, -pling, noun

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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⋅ple

2 [rip-uh

noun, verb, -pled, -pling.

–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 (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.
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.

rip·ple² (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.]

Word Origin & History

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.

Financial Dictionary

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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