ripple
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Is ripple a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of ripple?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
verb (English)
1. (figurative)Examples: "Investments in research, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have to build to a groundswell of further action."Synonyms: rufflefigurativelyintransitive
2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.Examples: "These problems were complicated by a foreign exchange crunch which rippled through the economy in 1961-1962, […]"intransitive
3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.intransitive
4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.transitive
5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.Examples: "Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside."transitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; grazeExamples: "An horsemans javelin[…]having slightly rippled the skinne of his left arme, pierced within his short ribs."transitive
noun (English)
1. (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Definition source: Wiktionary