Meaning & use
Rimple
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A wrinkle, ripple, or fold, especially in cloth or water.
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She smoothed every rimple from the tablecloth before the guests arrived.
A light breeze sent rimples across the surface of the pond.
A note on using this word
An older, chiefly dialectal relative of "ripple" and "wrinkle," now mostly found in literary or archaic writing.
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2. verb
To wrinkle or ripple something.
The wind rimpled the calm water of the lake.
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