whitecap

as inripple
as inwave

Synonyms for whitecap

noun wave; wrinkle

ripples

noun. wave; wrinkle

Word Origin & History

1660s, of birds, from white + cap (n.). Attested from 1773 in reference to breaking waves, from 1818 of mushrooms, and from 1891 in reference to "one of a self-constituted band in U.S. who committed outrages under pretense of regulating public morals" [OED].

Example Sentences for whitecap

A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother.

He is too near the water now; the glare and the dancing waves bother him; he loses his gleam of silver in the flash of a whitecap.

And d'ye think I didn't see Mr. Whitecap going down, afore ye thought o' a row yerself?

But the shore was protected by a double line of reefs, so close in that the channel between did not show a whitecap.

In a wave without a whitecap the water returns to practically the original point after completing a circle beneath the surface.

But the journey was a jubilant one, and they welcomed the first gleaming of Whitecap pond with whoops of delight.

whitecap

Synonyms for whitecap

More words related to whitecap

ripple

ripples

wave

waves