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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pop•ple1  (pop′əl),USA pronunciation v., -pled, -pling, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to move in a tumbling, irregular manner, as boiling water.

n. 
  1. a poppling motion.
  • 1300–50; Middle English poplen; imitative; see -le

pop•ple2  (pop′əl),USA pronunciation n. [Northern U.S.]
  1. Plant Biology, Dialect Termsa poplar of the genus Populus.
  • Latin pōpulus
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English popul

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
popple /ˈpɒpəl/ vb (intransitive)
  1. (of boiling water or a choppy sea) to heave or toss; bubble
  2. (often followed by along) (of a stream or river) to move with an irregular tumbling motion
Etymology: 14th Century: of imitative origin; compare Middle Dutch popelen to bubble, throb

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