ripple
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English rypelen < or akin to Middle Low German or Middle Dutch repelen, akin to Old High German riffilon, "to scrape", riffila, "a saw" (IE *reib-). related to reap, rip, rub, rifle, repel.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪpəl
[edit] Noun
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ripple (plural ripples)
- A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.
- A sound similar to that or undulating water.
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
[edit] Translations
a moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
a style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together
a small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
[edit] Verb
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to ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)
- To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
[edit] Translations
To move like the undulating surface of a body of water
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eilppr
- Prilep