ripple

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[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.

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Singular
ripple

Plural
ripples

ripple (plural ripples)

  1. A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.
  2. A sound similar to that or 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.

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Infinitive
to ripple

Third person singular
ripples

Simple past
rippled

Past participle
rippled

Present participle
rippling

to ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

  1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.

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