rippling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ripple

1. not comparableMoving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.

plural ripplings

1. A motion or sound that ripples.

   And if there is a serious connection between the fragmented Close close-up portraits that are among the backdrops and the sometimes Chopin-like, thinly pretty ripplings of Mr. Glass's music, Mr. Elo's choreography does not point them out on a first viewing.

   2007 October 29, Alastair Macaulay, “An Ephemeral Portrait of an Artist in a Hall of Mirrors”, in New York Times