ripplenoun
uk/ˈrɪp.əl/us/ˈrɪp.əl/[ C ] a small wave on the surface of water:
The stone she threw caused ripples to spread across the lake.
[ C ] a sound or feeling that spreads through a person or group of people, gradually increasing and then becoming smaller:
A ripple of laughter/applause, etc. ran through the crowd.
A ripple of excitement/unease, etc. flowed up her spine.
News of the war hardly caused a ripple (= people showed little interest).
[ U ] plain ice cream with thin lines of other flavours in it:
raspberry ripple
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Waves
- break
- breaker
- choppy
- crest
- dumper
- heavy
- lap
- overfall
- roller
- rough
- spume
- standing wave
- swell
- tidal wave
- tsunami
- wake
- wave
- white horses
- whitecaps
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Feelings - general words
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rippleverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈrɪp.əl/us/ˈrɪp.əl/to (cause to) move in small waves:
The breeze rippled the water.
His muscles rippled under his skin.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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