Definitions of ripple [ˈrɪp əl]

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Definition of 'ripple'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) ripple
(of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.

2.  ripple
to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface.

3.  ripple
to have, form, or fall in small undulations, ruffles, or folds.

4.  ripple
(of sound) to move with a rising and falling tone, inflection, or magnitude:
Laughter rippled through the crowd.

5. (v.t.) ripple
to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly.

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

7. (n.) ripple
a small wave or undulation, as on water.

8.  ripple
any movement or form similar to this:
a ripple of lace at the hem.

9.  ripple
a small rapid.

10.  ripple
a sound as of water rippling:
a ripple of laughter.

Etymology: (1660–70; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'ripple'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
a small wave on the surface of a liquid

2. (verb) ripple
(electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

3. (verb) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
stir up (water) so as to form ripples

4. (verb) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"

Definition of 'ripple'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ripple
a tiny wave caused by sth touching the surface of liquid
The wind made ripples on the pond.

Definition of 'ripple'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ripple
the fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves

2. (noun) ripple
a little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter

3. (noun) ripple
a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension

4. (noun) ripple
the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current

5. ripple
an implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc

6. (verb) ripple
to remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple

7. (verb) ripple
hence, to scratch or tear

8. (verb) ripple
to become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain

9. (verb) ripple
to make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore

10. (verb) ripple
to fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake

Translation of 'ripple'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a little wave or movement on the surface of water etc He threw the stone into the pond, and watched the ripples spread across the water.
Afrikaans: kabbeling	Arabic: تَمَوُّج، تَماوُج	Bulgarian: вълничка
Brazilian: ondulação	Czech: vlnění	German: die Kräuselung, kleine We
Danish: ring	Greek: κυματισμός	Spanish: ondulación
Estonian: virvendus	Farsi: ریز موج	Finnish: väre
French: ondulation	Hebrew: גַל	Hindi: छोटी तरंग
Croatian: mreškanje vode, žuborenje	Hungarian: fodrozódás (vizen)	Indonesian: riak
Icelandic: gára	Italian: ondulazione	Japanese: さざなみ
Korean: 잔물결	Lithuanian: raibuliavimas, bangelė	Latvian: ņirboņa; ņirba; vilnīši
Malay: ombak air	Dutch: rimpel	Norwegian: liten bølge, krusning
Polish: drobna fala	Persian: ریز موج	Pashto: وړی څپی جوړول
Portuguese: ondulação	Romanian: val mic; undă	Russian: рябь
Slovak: vlnenie, sčerenie	Slovenian: valovanje	Serbian: talasić
Swedish: krusning	Thai: ระลอกคลื่นเล็ก ๆ	Turkish: dalgacık, hafif dalgalanm
Taiwanese: 波紋	Ukrainian: брижі	Urdu: لہر
Vietnamese: sự gợn sóng lăn tăn	Chinese: 波纹
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