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Ripply
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| ripple1 (ˈrɪpəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a slight wave or undulation on the surface of water |
| 2. | a small wave or undulation in fabric, hair, etc |
| 3. | a sound reminiscent of water flowing quietly in ripples: a ripple of laughter |
| 4. | electronics an oscillation of small amplitude superimposed on a steady value |
| 5. | (US), (Canadian) another word for riffle |
| 6. | another word for ripple mark |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (intr) to form ripples or flow with a rippling or undulating motion |
| 8. | (tr) to stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
| 9. | (tr) to make ripple marks |
| 10. | (intr) (of sounds) to rise and fall gently: her laughter rippled through the air |
| [C17: perhaps from | |
| 'rippler1 | |
| —n | |
| 'rippling1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'ripplingly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'ripply1 | |
| —adj | |
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