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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripple  \Rip"ple\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rippled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rippling}.]  [Cf.  {Rimple},  {Rumple}.] 
  1.  To  become  fretted  or  dimpled  on  the  surface,  as  water  when 
  agitated  or  running  over  a  rough  bottom;  to  be  covered 
  with  small  waves  or  undulations,  as  a  field  of  grain. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  sound  as  of  water  running  gently  over  a  rough 
  bottom,  or  the  breaking  of  ripples  on  the  shore. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rippling 
  n  :  a  small  wave  on  the  surface  of  a  liquid  [syn:  {ripple},  {riffle}, 
  {wavelet}] 




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