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popple(1) (iou)



popple noun1 & verb. ME.
[Prob. from Middle Dutch popelen murmur, babble, quiver, throb, of imit. origin.]
A. noun.
A bubble such as rises and breaks in boiling water. ME-M16.
An act or condition of poppling; a rolling or tossing of water etc.; a strong ripple. L19.
b. The (sound of the) agitation on the surface of a boiling liquid. L19.
b. verb intrans. Flow in a tumbling manner, as water from a spring or over a pebbly surface; tumble about, as boiling or otherwise agitated liquid; bubble up; ripple, toss to and fro in short waves. LME.
J. Ferguson The mother stirred the poppling porridge on the fire. W. Golding The grey, poppling water and the occasional barges.
popply adjective L19.