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Cockle (Verb)

Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

The movement of the fish cockled the surface of the still pond, creating a series of ripples that radiated outward.
As the canoe glided across the lake, its wake began to cockle the calm water, disturbing the reflection of the trees.
A school of fish darting through the shallow water managed to cockle the otherwise smooth surface of the bay.
The sudden splash from the jump cockled the glassy surface of the lake, disrupting the mirror-like reflection.
A stone tossed into the middle of the peaceful pool cockled the water's surface, sending out a series of concentric waves.

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

As her mother scolded her, her face began to cockle in a mixture of fear and defiance.
Her lips cockled into a frown when her friend criticized her cooking.
A cold breeze hit her face and her skin cockled from the sudden chill.
The seagull's skin cockled into gooseflesh as the harsh wind blew on it.
Her forehead cockled with concern as she stared at the overflowing bathtub.