Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An eddy caused by conflicting currents or tides; a tide-rip.

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  • verb Present participle of ripple.
  • noun A motion or sound that ripples.

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  • noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid

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Examples

  • Larry approached the bed, his expression rippling between hopeful and worried.

    Hamlet II: Ophelia’s Revenge David Bergantino 2003

  • He thought about how she looked earlier that very day when she had let her true form roll over her - skin rippling to her true blue color, wings and antenna sprouting back into their rightful places (she was breathtaking).

    C7: Chapter Seven – Lost on Earth « Write Anything 2008

  • The little waves of the river glittered and shone and rolled lazily down upon the channel, or curled up in rippling eddies towards the shore.

    The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

  • Its houses and public were of uneven height, which lent the city a kind of rippling quali well fitted to a metropolis surrounded by water.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • Its houses and public buildings were of uneven height, which lent the city a kind of rippling quality well fitted to a metropolis surrounded by water.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • She had flowing red hair, very full breasts, and a kind of rippling walk that forced him to avert his eyes lest he suffer an embarrassing reaction.

    Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987

  • She had flowing red hair, very full breasts, and a kind of rippling walk that forced him to avert his eyes lest he suffer an embarrassing reaction.

    Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987

  • The first process to which the freshly pulled flax is submitted is that of "rippling" or the removal of the seed capsules.

    Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson

  • Suspended graphene also showed "rippling" of the flat sheet, with amplitude of about one nanometer.

    Haddock Links blackbeltjones 2010

  • Goldberg, a co-host, wondered who shot the footage and why the flag was "rippling" if there was no wind."

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: July 2009 Archives 2009

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