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Definition of popple - 4 dictionary results

pop⋅ple

1  [pop-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to move in a tumbling, irregular manner, as boiling water.
–noun
2. a poppling motion.
Origin:
1300–50; ME poplen; imit.; see -le

pop⋅ple

2  [pop-uhl]
–noun Northern U.S.
a poplar of the genus Populus.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE popul < L pōpulus
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pop·ple 1   (pŏp'əl)   
intr.v.   pop·pled, pop·pling, pop·ples
To move in a tossing, bubbling, or rippling manner, as choppy water.
n.  

  1. Choppy water.

  2. The motion or sound of boiling liquid.


[Middle English poplen, probably of Middle Dutch origin.]
pop·ple 2   (pŏp'əl)   
n.   Informal
A poplar.

[Middle English popel (perhaps from Old English popul-), from Latin pōpulus.]
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