rippling
Moving in waves
Rippling describes small waves or undulations moving across a surface.
Water ripples when disturbed; muscles ripple beneath skin; grain fields ripple in the wind.
The word suggests gentle, rhythmic movement spreading outward: Laughter went rippling through the crowd.
As a noun, a rippling is the action itself or the pattern it creates.
Woven or knit material
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- satinGlossy-surfaced woven cloth
- taffetaSmooth, lustrous woven cloth
- chiffonDelicate transparent textile
curtain · flag · banner · cloth · drape · ruffle · pleat · gather
Move in waves
- oscillateMove rhythmically between extremes
- flutterRapid light movement
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- billowSwell outward with air
sway · wave · flow · pulse · vibrate · fluctuate · cascade · roll
Oscillating motion through medium
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
pond · lake · pool · reflection · surface · shimmer · glimmer · sparkle
Soft, indistinct continuous sound
- babbleIncoherent speech
- gurgleBubbling liquid sound
- burbleFlow with bubbling sounds
- trickleThin, slow stream
lapping · gentle · soothing · melodic · whisper · rustle · patter · soft
fabric
Woven or knit material
chiffon · curtain · flag · banner · cloth · drape · ruffle · pleat · gather · fold
undulate
Move in waves
billow · sway · wave · flow · pulse · vibrate · fluctuate · cascade · roll · spread
wave
Oscillating motion through medium
river · pond · lake · pool · reflection · surface · shimmer · glimmer · sparkle · disturbance
murmur
Soft, indistinct continuous sound
trickle · lapping · gentle · soothing · melodic · whisper · rustle · patter · soft · rhythmic
definition
Statement of meaning
physique · contour · sinew · athletic · sculpted · chiseled · striated · bodybuilder · fitness · strength
effect
Result of a cause
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- dominoRectangular game piece
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
propagate · extend · radiate · emanate · permeate · diffuse · expand · influence · reverberate · echo
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, oozing
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- irregularitiesbumps, dents, ridges, grooves, wrinkles
- repetitive motionsswaying, rocking, bobbing, swinging, bouncing
- water qualitiesmurky, taste, odor, color, fresh
ripplingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · unmoving · static · calm
ripplingglassy
Smooth and shiny
smooth · mirror-like · unruffled · undisturbed · flat
- rippling fieldsWind-stirred agricultural landscape
ripple, rippled, ripples, undulating, ripple effect, unrippled