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1.NounA moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid."I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread."
2.NounOne of a series of corrugations in flat surface."The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand."
3.NounA sound similar to that of undulating water.
4.NounA style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together."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."
5.NounA small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
6.NounA small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
7.VerbTo move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
8.VerbTo propagate like a moving wave.
9.VerbTo make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
10.VerbTo shape into a series of ripples.
11.VerbTo launch or unleash in rapid succession.
12.VerbTo scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
13.NounAn implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
14.VerbTo remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
15.Nounthripple, cart ladder