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verb ˈpɒp(ə)lˈpäpəl [no object](of water) flow in a tumbling or rippling way. we could hear the sound of the water poppling, splashing, trickling Synonyms form ripples, form ripples on, flow in wavelets, undulate, lap, purl, babble
noun ˈpɒp(ə)lˈpäpəl A rolling or rippling of water. the short, confused popple that exists outside the entrance to the marina
Origin Late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch popelen 'to murmur', of imitative origin. noun ˈpɒp(ə)lˈpäpəl dialect A poplar tree. Example sentencesExamples - ‘The most important lesson I learned growing up was the value of hard work and perseverance,’ says Jeremy, who remembers peeling popple by hand when he was 8 and earning 10 cents for each white pine tree he pruned when he was ten.
Origin Late Middle English: apparently from Latin populus ‘poplar’. verbˈpäpəl [no object]archaic (of water) flow in a tumbling or rippling way. we could hear the sound of the water poppling, splashing, trickling Synonyms form ripples, form ripples on, flow in wavelets, undulate, lap, purl, babble
nounˈpäpəl archaic A rolling or rippling of water. the short, confused popple that exists outside the entrance to the marina
Origin Late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch popelen ‘to murmur’, of imitative origin. nounˈpäpəl dialect A poplar tree. Example sentencesExamples - ‘The most important lesson I learned growing up was the value of hard work and perseverance,’ says Jeremy, who remembers peeling popple by hand when he was 8 and earning 10 cents for each white pine tree he pruned when he was ten.
Origin Late Middle English: apparently from Latin populus ‘poplar’. |