ripple

/ɹˈɪpəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
2. (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

verb

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   “babbling brooks”

Synonyms for ripple

• rippling
• riffle
• wavelet
• ruffle
• cockle
• undulate
• babble
• guggle
• burble
• bubble
• gurgle

Words that rhyme with ripple

• triple
• cripple
• nipple
• tipple
• fipple
• participle
• dippel
• dipple
• gipple
• hipple
• klippel
• knipl
• knippel
• knipple
• rippel
• schiphol
• sippel
• sipple
• trippel
• tripple
• whipple