the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > ripple (3)
poetic. Of a small stream: To make melody as it flows. Also of the wind.
intransitive. Of a body of water, esp. a small stream: to flow with a swirling motion and a murmuring sound; to gurgle.
intransitive. To make a gentle rippling sound. Cf. pipling, adj.