RIPPLE Synonyms

• cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

• be unstable

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• move or swing from side to side regularly

• expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a shaky motion

• case for holding arrows

• the act of vibrating

• shake with fast, tremulous movements

• move back and forth very rapidly

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

• move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

• shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

• move or swing from side to side regularly

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• sound with resonance

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

• a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch

• a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

• (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

• something that rises rapidly

• the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

• a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

• an undulating curve

• a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

• signal with the hands or nod

• move or swing back and forth

• move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

• twist or roll into coils or ringlets

• set waves in

• a small wave on the surface of a liquid

• shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

• twitch or flutter

• look through a book or other written material

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

• gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

• utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

• to talk foolishly

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• divulge confidential information or secrets

• a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)

• a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control

• an impracticable and illusory idea

• a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

• form, produce, or emit bubbles

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles

• cause to form bubbles

• expel gas from the stomach

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• common edible European bivalve

• common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle

• drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

• the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• make sounds similar to gurgling water

• drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

• utter with a gurgling sound

• a small wave on the surface of a liquid

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• a high tight collar

• a noisy fight

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• trouble or vex

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• discompose

• twitch or flutter

• mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

• erect or fluff up

• disturb the smoothness of

• pleat or gather into a ruffle

• a small wave on the surface of a liquid