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Definition of ripple verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ripple

verb
 
/ˈrɪpl/
 
/ˈrɪpl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ripple
 
/ˈrɪpl/
 
/ˈrɪpl/
he / she / it ripples
 
/ˈrɪplz/
 
/ˈrɪplz/
past simple rippled
 
/ˈrɪpld/
 
/ˈrɪpld/
past participle rippled
 
/ˈrɪpld/
 
/ˈrɪpld/
-ing form rippling
 
/ˈrɪplɪŋ/
 
/ˈrɪplɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to move or to make something move in very small waves
    • The sea rippled and sparkled.
    • rippling muscles
    • ripple something The wind rippled the wheat in the fields.
    • Small waves rippled gently across the pond.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • out
    preposition
    • across
    • through
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a feeling, etc.) to spread through a person or a group of people like a wave
    • A gasp rippled through the crowd.
    Extra Examples
    • The effects ripple out through the community.
    • Shock rippled through her.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • out
    preposition
    • across
    • through
    See full entry
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin.
See ripple in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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