Definition of "ripple"

ripple¹

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

noun
plural ripples
1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
  Quotations
  Ripples in the water betray the presence of the fish waiting for a chance to pounce on the insects skirting over the water.
  2009, Helen Oon, “New Territories”, in Hong Kong (Globetrotters Travel Guide)‎, 1st edition, New Holland Publishers, page 80
2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
verb
third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled
1. (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
  Quotations
  These problems were complicated by a foreign exchange crunch which rippled through the economy in 1961-1962, […]
  2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 65
3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
  Quotations
  Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.
  2019, Jason M. Hardy, Phaedra M. Weldon, Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3

ripple²

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

verb
third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled
1. (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
  Quotations
  An horsemans javelin […] having slightly rippled the skinne of his left arme, pierced within his short ribs.
  1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip

ripple³

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

noun
plural ripples
1. (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
verb
third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled
1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

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