Rippling meaning : To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. To propagate like a moving wave. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. To shape into a series of ripples. To launch or unleash in rapid succession. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. A motion or sound that ripples. Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.