ripple

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.

Verb

To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

Verb

To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Sinonieme

wave

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surge

undulate

swell

wavelet

small wave

riffle

billow

gurgle

undulation

stream

pulsation

ruffle

babble

flutter

rippling

bubble

burble

wash

🧽

cockle

move

rise and fall

purl

be choppy

guggle

popple

spread

pulse

surf

agitated

sway

swirl

swish

throb

tone

run high

waviness

wiggle

be agitated

wavelets

ring on the water

be in discord

capillary wave

impulsive motion

moire pattern

capillary ripple

flow mark

weld ripple

scale picture

display wave

Vertalings

onduler

ondulation

kleine Welle

ondular

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onda

👋

ondulação

ondear

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ondulación

Welligkeit

ondular

onejar

incresparsi

Kräuselung

kabbelen

increspatura

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: *ripelen

Verwante met Nederlands: repel

Verwante met Duits: Riffel

Verwante met Nederlands: repen

Verwante met Duits: reffen

Verwante met Sweeds: repa

Geërf van Middle English: ripplen

In summary

From an alteration of rimple.