Ripple
Definitions
- A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- A surname.
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
Equivalents
Examples
“I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread⟳.”
“What seamen call⟳ the "ripples" are also very violent in the straits, the sea appearing to boil and foam and dance⟳ like⟳ the rapids below a cataract; vessels are swept about helplessly, and small ones are occasionally swamped in the finest weather and under the brightest skies.”
“Ripples in the water betray the presence of the fish⟳ waiting for a chance to pounce on the insects skirting over the water.”
“The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.”
“I enjoy⟳ fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like⟳ to dig⟳ through the carton to get⟳ at the ripple part and eat⟳ only that.”
“Investments in research⟳, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have⟳ to build⟳ to a groundswell of further action.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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