ripple
/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
noun
One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
noun
A sound similar to that of undulating water.
noun
A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From an alteration of rimple.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
- British English: /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
Usage
Inflected Forms
ripples (plural)
ripples (present, singular)
rippling (participle, present)
rippled (participle, past)
rippled (past)
reeple (alternative)
riple (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
raspberry ripple
ripple box
ripple carry
ripple effect
ripple mark
ripple strip
ripple voltage
→ Welsh: riplen