RIPPLE
ADJECTIVES
► CRISP having a surface curled into minute waves, ripples, folds, or wrinkles → 1398
NOUNS
► ACKER a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water → 1808 Eng. dial.
► CAT’S-PAW a small patch of ripple on the water from a slight breeze → 1769 nautical
► JABBLE a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions → 1824 Sc.
VERBS
► BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CRISPLE to curl minutely; to ripple → 1594 obs.
► DIMP to mark with dimples or ripples → 1821 Eng. dial.
► JABBLE of water: to ripple, to break in small waves; to agitate or shake the liquid contents of a vessel → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LAPPER ► LOPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple → 1893 Sc.
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