A ripple of excitement spread through the crowd.
•As the president came near, a ripple of excitement indicated that people could really see him.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
ripple — rip|ple1 [ˈrıpəl] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from rip] 1.) [I and T] to move in small waves, or to make something move in this way ▪ fields of grain rippling in the soft wind ▪ I could see the muscles rippling under his shirt. 2.) [I… … Dictionary of contemporary English
excitement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, intense, tremendous ▪ breathless, feverish, giddy (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
ripple — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to move in small waves, or to make something move in this way: Arnie s muscles rippled as he carried the huge crates. | Look how the breeze is rippling the long grass. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to pass from one person to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Loveland Building and Coors Building — Infobox nrhp | name =Loveland Block nrhp type = caption = Loveland Block location = 1122 Washington Avenue (south) Golden, Colorado 80401 nearest city = lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = long degrees = long minutes = long… … Wikipedia
speech, figure of — ▪ rhetoric any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in primitive oral… … Universalium
flutter — v 1. wave to and fro, sway, undulate, flap, flop; toss about, oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate; swish, swing loosely, flourish; wag, dangle, pendulate; waver, ripple, quiver, shiver, quaver, shake, vibrate, tremble, twitter, shudder; jerk, twitch … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
sparkle — v 1. spark, light, scintillate, flame, blaze, burn; shine, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; glisten, Archaic. glister, glitter, glint, glimmer; gleam, glare, effulge, shine forth,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Red fox — For other uses, see Red fox (disambiguation). Red fox Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene–Recent European red fox (V. v. crucigera) Conservation status … Wikipedia
splash — Synonyms and related words: ado, asperge, babble, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, blaze, blazon, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bravura, brilliancy, brouhaha, bubble, burble, caste mark,… … Moby Thesaurus
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
agitation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Violent motion Nouns 1. (quality of being agitated) agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple; trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; flutter. Informal, sweat. 2. (result of agitation) perturbation, commotion … English dictionary for students
