noun. ['ˈrɪpəlɪŋ, ˈrɪplɪŋ'] a small wave on the surface of a liquid.
1. Noun, singular or mass Most rippling is the result of problems with the drum sander, which refinishers often call the big machine. 2. Verb, gerund or present participle These adaptations allow the desert elephant to cross miles of rippling dunes to reach water.
1. He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair. - Henry David Thoreau
