Cryptic crossword clue
Tearing around lake, forming little waves 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RIPPLING

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What does RIPPLING mean?

1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. To propagate like a moving wave.
3. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. To shape into a series of ripples.
5. To launch or unleash in rapid succession.

1. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

1. A motion or sound that ripples.

1. Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.

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