popple

(päpəl)

noun

Dialectal poplar (senses & )

intransitive verb poppled, poppling

to heave, toss, bubble, or ripple, as water in a choppy sea

Origin: ME poplen, prob. of echoic orig.

noun

the action of poppling

See popple in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb pop·pled, pop·pling, pop·ples
To move in a tossing, bubbling, or rippling manner, as choppy water.
noun
  1. Choppy water.
  2. The motion or sound of boiling liquid.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English poplen

Origin: , probably of Middle Dutch origin

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noun
Informal
A poplar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English popel (perhaps from Old English popul-)

Origin: , from Latin pōpulus

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