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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.
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Ripples
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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; origin uncertain
1660–70; origin uncertain
Related forms
rip·ple·less, adjective
rip·pling·ly, adverb
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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 Middle English ripel; cognate with Dutch repel, German Riffel
1425–75; late Middle English ripel; cognate with Dutch repel, German Riffel
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Word Origin & History
ripple
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
EXPAND1939, so called from its appearance.
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