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Definition of Ripple
1. Noun. A small wave on the surface of a liquid.
Generic synonyms: Moving Ridge, Wave
Derivative terms: Riffle, Wave
2. Verb. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.
Entails: Fold, Fold Up, Turn Up
Generic synonyms: Flow, Flux
Derivative terms: Riffle, Rippling
3. Noun. (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value.
4. Verb. Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. "Babbling brooks"
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Related verbs: Gurgle
Derivative terms: Bubble, Bubbler, Gurgle
Definition of Ripple
1. n. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
2. v. t. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
3. v. i. 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.
4. v. t. To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
5. n. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
Definition of Ripple
1. Noun. A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid. ¹
2. Noun. A sound similar to that of undulating water. ¹
3. Noun. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together. ¹
4. Noun. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal. ¹
5. Verb. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. ¹
6. Verb. To propagate like a moving wave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ripple
1. to form ripples (small waves) [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES]
Medical Definition of Ripple
1.
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Origin: FRom Rip.
1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc), by means of a ripple.
2. Hence, to scratch or tear.
1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter. Ripple grass.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripple
Literary usage of Ripple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Since each one of these ripple marks is a miniature dune, we may speak of the
... ripple-mark in section. Below ab and above ef the migration of the ripple ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1895)
"A ripple SONG ONCE a ripple came to land In the golden sunset burning — Lapped
against a ... ripple-ripple round her waist, Clear the current eddied. ..."
3. Report (1913)
"In examining these areas recently, the writer found the well developed ripple
marks shown in the accompanying photographs. Being very well preserved, ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"In the case of ' ripple-mark,' Sir Archibald Geikie summarily disposes of the
difficulty by rejecting all such expressions as ' current- mark ' and ..."
5. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"GENERAL PHYSICS. projectile moving in air causes an abrupt disturbance, which
accompanies the projectile as a ripple ABC D. The normal velocity of the parts ..."
6. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"ripple-drift.—Let us next consider what will happen on a sea- bottom on ... 86a.
of the current, and each ripple having a long gentle slope on the side from ..."
7. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"Now there are certain points in this explanation which do not quite accord with
the results of experimental work on ripple-marks, nor with the facts ..."
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