A ripple or ruffle on the surface of water; a wavelet. Chiefly poetic.

A break or alteration in evenness or placidity. With reference to water, the sky, vegetation, etc., caused usually by the movement of air.

Angling. An eddy in a stream; also a ripple on the surface of water caused by the wind.

A light ruffling of the surface of water, esp. as caused by a slight breeze or by an object dropping into it; (also) a small wave or series of small…

A small ripple; a wavelet.

A little wave, a ripple.

A ripple, esp. on water. Cf. pirl, v. 2, purl, n.2

A fold or wrinkle; a turn, winding, or twist; a ripple or rippling in a stream.

A ripple; a ruffle. Also in extended use.

a relatively small wave, typically less than 2 feet (approx. 0.6 metres) in height.