Rippling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
        bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rippling
       n : a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: {ripple}, {riffle},
            {wavelet}]