Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ripple

2 senses of ripple

Sense 1
ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet -- (a small wave on the surface of a liquid)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Sense 2
ripple -- ((electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value)
       => oscillation, vibration -- ((physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ripple

2 senses of ripple

Sense 1
ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate -- (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
       => flow, flux -- (move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium")

Sense 2
ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle -- (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")