ripple

ripple is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. verb. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
2. transitive verb. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
3. transitive verb. Hence, to scratch or tear.
4. intransitive verb. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
6. transitive verb. To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
7. noun. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
8. noun. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
9. noun. a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
10. noun. the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
11. noun. a small wave on the surface of a liquid

    Synonyms: riffle, rippling, wavelet

12. noun. (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
13. verb. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

    Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ruffle, undulate

14. verb. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

    "babbling brooks"

    Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle

Synonyms

riffle, rippling, wavelet, cockle, ruffle, undulate, babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ripple:

lipper

Common word forms

rippled, rippler, ripples, rippling, rippleless

Words from these letters

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