I. noun
also po·ple ˈpäpəl
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus
chiefly dialect : poplar 1
the country is big, wide, open with … clumps of popple — W.F.Brown b. 1903
II. intransitive verb
also pople “
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English poplen, probably of imitative origin
1. : to heave or toss about
small trembling waves poppled and frothed in midstream — R.F.Burton
2. : to bob about on or as if on agitated waters
III. noun
also pople “
( -s )
1. : a heaving of water (as from boiling or from the wind)
no sound but the popple of water against the bow — Joyce Cary
2. : a choppy sea
IV.
dialect Britain
variant of poppy