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Noun: ripple  ri-pul
  1. A small wave on the surface of a liquid
    - rippling, riffle, wavelet
     
  2. (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
Verb: ripple  ri-pul
  1. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    - ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
     
  2. Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
    "rippling brooks";
    - babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle

Derived forms: rippled, ripples, rippling

Type of: flow, flux, go, moving ridge, oscillation, sound, vibration, wave

Encyclopedia: Ripple, Mark