popple

Definitions


[ˈpɒpl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of water) flow in a tumbling or rippling way
(e.g: we could hear the sound of the water poppling, splashing, trickling)


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Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch popelen ‘to murmur’, of imitative origin


[ˈpɒpl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rolling or rippling of water
(e.g: the short, confused popple that exists outside the entrance to the marina)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch popelen ‘to murmur’, of imitative origin


[ˈpɒp(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a poplar tree


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Origin:
late Middle English: apparently from Latin populus ‘poplar’




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