"popple" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒpl̩/ Forms: popples [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|popul}} Middle English popul, {{m|enm|popil}} popil, {{inh|en|ang|popul}} Old English popul, {{der|en|la|populus}} Latin populus Head templates: {{en-noun}} popple (plural popples)
  1. (dialect) poplar Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-popple-en-noun-gs-BB2cQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 62 9 8 20 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 56 11 14 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pople
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒpl̩/ Forms: popples [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|poplen}} Middle English poplen, {{der|en|dum|-}} Middle Dutch Head templates: {{en-noun}} popple (plural popples)
  1. Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind).
    Sense id: en-popple-en-noun-wrfRKE4F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pople
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒpl̩/ Forms: popples [present, singular, third-person], poppling [participle, present], poppled [participle, past], poppled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|poplen}} Middle English poplen, {{der|en|dum|-}} Middle Dutch Head templates: {{en-verb}} popple (third-person singular simple present popples, present participle poppling, simple past and past participle poppled)
  1. Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner.
    Sense id: en-popple-en-verb-B~Vy7ZCF
  2. To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water.
    Sense id: en-popple-en-verb-kjtBelEz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pople
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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