popple

Meanings

Noun

• poplar
• Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind).

Verb

• Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner.
• To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water.

Origin

• From Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus.
• From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin.