ripple

Bedeutung

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. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. To propagate like a moving wave.
3. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. To shape into a series of ripples.
5. 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.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

Etymologie

From an alteration of rimple.