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rippling

verb

Meaning

  1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
  2. To propagate like a moving wave.
  3. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
  4. To shape into a series of ripples.
  5. To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
  6. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
  7. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
  8. A motion or sound that ripples.
  9. Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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