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rippling

rippling

1 2.3
Small waves that move on the surface of water
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪplɪŋ/
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  • Watery, womb-like sounds rise out of nowhere: the rippling of water, a heart beating.
  • rippling of water

They're not waves like a breeze kicking up some ripples on a lake.

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Examples

  • "Before Chemayev could react, the rippling started up once again, accompanied by a dimming of the lights."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Now here you're going to see like ripples form and that's like the expectation path.

  • Provided, of course, she does not wake and the rippling in her stomach remains light.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Yet still I felt it: a rippling in my mind, stronger than I had ever known.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • There are no creases or ripples on the flat surfaces.

  • So in my Zen garden, I have the ripples around the structures, the art, the plants, the rocks.

  • Once the rippling ceased, Chemayev found that he was standing at a remove of some forty feet from Nicolai.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • They're not waves like a breeze kicking up some ripples on a lake.

  • His father laughed, not unkindly, then grabbed a rusted bucket from the prow and dove into the rippling surrounding brownness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The small pond had a gentle rippling on its surface, reflecting the sunlight.

Synonyms

ripple
vsrippling
45 2.6

A small wave on water made by a light touch or breeze

is a small wave or undulation not limited to breeze causes
undulation
vsrippling
3 7.5

A smooth, wavy shape or movement like small waves

is the small liquid surface wave rather than any smooth wavelike form
riffle
vsrippling
1 6.8

A small ripple on water caused by a light wind or current

is a small surface wave not always caused by disturbance
wavelet
vsrippling
1 8.1

A small wave on the surface of water made by wind or an object

is the general small wave or undulation not only tiny forms

Antonyms

52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

How Wavy

swell
  • Literature
46 5.7
to wave
64 1.0
undulation
3 7.5
rippling
1 2.3
wavelet
1 8.1

Surface Forms

rippling singular
ripplings plural

Morphology

rippling = ripple (transparent) = ripple + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'ripple'; the noun meaning ('the action or result of rippling') is directly derived.

Etymology

The word rippling comes from the simple word ripple, a word that copies the soft movement of small waves. So a rippling is a 'small wave' or a gentle movement across the surface of water.