Definitions for ripples

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ripples rip·ple

Spelling: [rip-uh l]

IPA: /ˈrɪp əl/

Ripples is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in ripples (eilpprs).

Definitions for ripples

noun

1. a small wave or undulation, as on water.
2. any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair.
3. a small rapid.
4. Geology. ripple mark.
5. a sound, as of water flowing in ripples:
6. a toothed or comblike device for removing seeds or capsules from flax, hemp, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly.
2. to mark as if with ripples; give a wavy form to.
3. to remove the seeds or capsules from (flax or hemp) with a ripple.

verb (used without object)

1. (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
2. to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface.
3. (of a solid surface) to form or have small undulations, ruffles, or folds.
4. (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude.

Origin of ripples

First recorded in 1660-70; origin uncertain

Examples for ripples

And sending Cary to prison has a ripple effect for all of these characters.

"I see you have found him," she said, with a ripple of laughter.

Playing in her yard one day, she saw “a ripple, a disturbance of the air … My first thought is that I have seen the devil.”

In a few days 412 after the dead were found in a ripple and buried.

Scarcely a ripple marked its progress, and the nose of it slid up on the sand.

There was a ripple of assent in the crowd as the word spread.

The heat creates mirages with waves that ripple through the air.

Presently, her happy musing was broken by a ripple from the outer world.

His work, attitude, and innovations continue to ripple through the industry.

But the water, smooth again now, was not stirred by so much as a ripple.