RIPPLES Synonyms

• waves breaking on the shore

• ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

• look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular

• switch channels, on television

• a large sea wave

• rise up as if in waves

• move with great difficulty

• rise and move, as in waves or billows

• become inflated

• the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the center of a cambered road

• (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

• a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

• lie at the top of

• reach a high point

• the process of oscillating between states

• (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

• a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon

• a grounder that rolls along the infield

• a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

• a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

• a cylinder that revolves

• a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it

• Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

• pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

• play a trump

• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

• excellent

• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

• expand abnormally

• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

• come up, as of a liquid

• cause to become swollen

• an undulating curve

• wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves

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

• the act of vibrating

• a shaky motion

• (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

• a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively

• 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