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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

rippling

noun: a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: {ripple}, {riffle}, {wavelet}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Ripple \Rip"ple\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rippling}.] [Cf. {Rimple}, {Rumple}.]

1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.

2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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