ripple | | |
n. (event) | 1. riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet | a small wave on the surface of a liquid. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
n. (event) | 2. ripple | (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value. |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| ~ oscillation, vibration | (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean. |
v. (motion) | 3. cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate | stir up (water) so as to form ripples. |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ flow, flux | move or progress freely as if in a stream.; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
v. (perception) | 4. babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.; "babbling brooks" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water.; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" |
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