ripple

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
2. 2
   A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. 3
   A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. 4
   A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
5. 5
   An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

Verb

1. 1
   To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. 2
   To propagate like a moving wave.
3. 3
   To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. 4
   To shape into a series of ripples.
5. 5
   To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
6. 6
   To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
7. 7
   To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).
2. 2
   A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).
3. 3
   A surname.