rippling

2 definitions found

rippling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
        bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
        [1913 Webster]

rippling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rippling
      n 1: a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: ripple,
           rippling, riffle, wavelet]