popple
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popple¹
- /ˈpɒpl̩/
Where it comes from
From Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus.
noun popples · pople
- poplar Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of "popple" we could see from the car window and remarked: "There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything to
popple²
- /ˈpɒpl̩/
Where it comes from
From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin.
noun popples · pople
- Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind). Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.
verb popples · poppling · poppled · pople
- Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner.
- To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water. His Brains came poppling out like Water
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title = {popple},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/popple},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
