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Emitting a murmuring sound felt to resemble a laugh: babbling, bubbling, burbling, gurgling, laughing. See laughter, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

A metaphor for a short-term market trend.

Investopedia Says:
The ripple is one of the ocean metaphors coined by Robert Rhea, one of the original technical analysts. In general, technical analysts encourage traders to ignore market ripples.

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• Inland Waterways and Lakes - ripple: shallow stretch of rough water in stream; rapids
• Mood and Intent - ripple: flow in small undulations

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - krusning, lille bølge
v. intr. - kruse sig
v. tr. - kruse

idioms:

• ripple effect    der breder sig som ringe i vandet

2.
n. - ribbe
v. tr. - ribbe, rive

Nederlands (Dutch)
golf, rimpel, rimpelen

Français (French)
1.
n. - vaguelette, petite vague, ondulation, cascade (de rires), répercussion, glace panachée
v. intr. - se rider, onduler, ondoyer
v. tr. - se rider, onduler, ondoyer

idioms:

• ripple effect    (fig) effet multiplicateur, gazouillement (de l'eau), murmures, cascade (de rires)

2.
n. - (Tex) râteau (pour enlever les graines de lin et des fibres)
v. tr. - (Tex) enlever les graines de lin au moyen d'un râteau

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kräuselung
v. - sich kräuseln, plätschern, kräuseln

idioms:

• ripple effect    sich ausbreitender und unvorhergesehener Effekt

2.
n. - Riffelkamm
v. - riffeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κυματάκι, ρυτίδωση, ρυτίδα, (ΗΠΑ) ελαφρός κυματισμός
v. - σχηματίζω κυματάκια, κυματίζω ελαφρά, ρυτιδώνω/-ομαι

idioms:

• ripple effect    φαινόμενο μεγάλης έντασης με ευρύτατες επιπτώσεις

Italiano (Italian)
incresparsi, increspatura, scanalatura

idioms:

• ripple effect    effetto onde

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ondulação (f), murmúrio (m)
v. - agitar, murmurar

idioms:

• ripple effect    ondulação

Русский (Russian)
покрываться рябью, струиться, журчать, рябь, легкая пульсация, неясный говор, волнистый

idioms:

• ripple effect    вторичный эффект, прокатывается, струиться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - onda pequeña, rizo, chapoteo, ondulación dejada en la arena por la marea
v. intr. - rizarse, mecerse, ondearse
v. tr. - rizar, hacer ondear, formar ondas en

idioms:

• ripple effect    onda expansiva

2.
n. - peine para desgargolar
v. tr. - desgargolar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krusning, porlande
v. - krusa sig, porla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 轻轻荡漾, 呈波状, 起涟漪, 作潺潺声, 使起涟漪, 使发出潺潺声, 使呈波状, 涟漪, 细浪, 波浪式, 波纹, 褶子

idioms:

• ripple effect    连锁反应

2. 粗钢梳, 梳

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 粗鋼梳
v. tr. - 梳

2.
v. intr. - 輕輕蕩漾, 呈波狀, 起漣漪, 作潺潺聲
v. tr. - 使起漣漪, 使發出潺潺聲, 使呈波狀
n. - 漣漪, 細浪, 波浪式, 波紋, 褶子

idioms:

• ripple effect    連鎖反應

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 곱슬곱슬함, 물결, 잔물결 소리
v. intr. - 물결이 일다, 찰랑찰랑 소리나다
v. tr. - 잔물결을 일며 흐르다, 파문을 일으키다, 곱슬곱슬하게 하다

2.
n. - 삼바디
v. tr. - 삼바디로 빗다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …にさざ波を立てる, 波形を付ける, さざめく
n. - さざ波, 波形, ウェーブ, さざ波の音, さざめき, 漣

idioms:

• ripple effect    波及効果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تموج, ترقرق (فعل) يتموج, يترقرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדווה, גלים קלים, רחש גלים, מראה גלי (בשיער וכו'), גלידה עם סירופ, שינוי קטן בזרם חשמלי, מחסום בזרם, התקמרות פני המים, גל של רעש (למשל תשואות)‬
v. intr. - ‮העלה גלים קלים, רחש‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר גלים‬
n. - ‮מסרקת פשתן‬
v. tr. - ‮סרק במסרקת פשתן‬

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