1. a person or thing that creates ripples in water
2. a tool used to remove seeds from flax or hemp fibers
Usage: historical

Examples

• The stone thrown by the child acted as a rippler on the calm pond surface.
• Fish jumping near the shore were natural ripplers in the morning stillness.
• The old textile mill displayed an antique flax rippler used by workers centuries ago.
• Farmers once relied on a rippler to separate seeds from hemp stalks.
• The museum’s rippler demonstrated how fiber processing was done before modern machinery.