rippling

Questions about rippling

What does rippling mean?

rippling means "a small wave on the surface of a liquid".

How many syllables are in rippling?

rippling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪpəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for rippling?

Close synonyms include ripple, riffle, wavelet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rippling a common word?

rippling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rippling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.