n. 1 wavelet, wave, ruffle, ruffling, cat's-paw, purl, purling, undulation, US riffle, riffling There wasn't even the slightest breath of air to cause a ripple on the mirror-like surface of the lake 2 (slight) disturbance, upset, perturbation, agitation, flurry, flutter, suggestion, hint, soupçon The divorce occasioned only a ripple of dissent in the royal family
v. 3 ruffle, purl, undulate, wave; splash, wash, US riffle I sat musing, watching the water ripple over the stones in the brook