English
ripple
see also: Ripple
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

  1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
    I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
    The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
  2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
  3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
    I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.
  4. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
Translations Translations
  • Russian: журча́ние
Translations
  • French: ondulation résiduelle
  • German: Welligkeit
  • Russian: колебание
Verb

ripple (ripples, present participle rippling; 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.
  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.
    • 2019, Jason M. Hardy, ‎Phaedra M. Weldon, ‎Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3
      Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.
Translations Verb

ripple (ripples, present participle rippling; past and past participle rippled)

  1. (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

  1. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Translations
  • French: drège
  • German: Riffel, Riffelkamm
  • Italian: scapecchiatoio
Verb

ripple (ripples, present participle rippling; past and past participle rippled)

  1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
Ripple
Proper noun
  1. A village in Worcestershire, England.
  2. Surname


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