Definitions for the word "ripple" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v.
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
Hence, to scratch or tear.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 ruffling of the water''s surface, small wave or waves. 2 gentle lively sound, e.g. Of laughter or applause. 3 wavy appearance in hair, material, etc. 4 slight variation in the strength of a current etc. 5 ice-cream with veins of syrup (raspberry ripple). v. (-ling) 1 (cause to) form or flow in ripples. 2 show or sound like ripples. ripply adj. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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