ripple

1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

   I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.

   Kräuseln, kleine Welle

   рябьrjabʹ, зыбьzybʹ

   бри́жаbrýža

2. One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.

   The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.

3. A sound similar to that of undulating water.

   журча́ниеžurčánije

4. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.

   I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.

5. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.

   Welligkeit

   колеба́нияkolebánija, пульса́цииpulʹsácii

   (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

6. (figuratively)A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.

7. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

   Riffel, Riffelkamm

8. (dialectal, historical)Thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)

1. A murmur rippled through the crowd.

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2. Heat is rippling through my body.

   Крізь моє тіло пульсує тепло.

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3. Do our actions ripple through time?

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4. Their kindness creates a ripple effect.

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5. The stone started ripples in the pond.

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