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| ripple | |
| 1. n. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid. |  |
| I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread. | |
| The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand. | |
| 2. n. A sound similar to that of undulating water. | |
| 3. n. A 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. | |
| 4. n. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal. | |
| 5. v. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. | |
| 6. v. To propagate like a moving wave. | |
| 7. v. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. | |
| 8. v. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze | |
| 9. n. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. | |
| 10. v. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. | |
