Definition of ripple

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

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Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..
Mutilate :: Mutilate (v. t.) To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple..
Ribwort :: Ribwort (n.) A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain..
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current..
Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..
Crippler :: Crippler (n.) A wooden tool used in graining leather.
Becripple :: Becripple (v. t.) To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.
Cripple :: Cripple (n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled..
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Grippleness :: Grippleness (n.) The quality of being gripple.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp..
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Dripple :: Dripple (a.) Weak or rare.
Ripplet :: Ripplet (n.) A small ripple.
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..
Maim :: Maim (v. t.) To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
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