popple/ˈpɒpl̩/EtymologyFrom Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus.popple means poplar. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.popple is pronounced /ˈpɒpl̩/.nounpoplar“Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of "popple" we could see from the car window and remarked: "There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything to do with cutting a popple tree, and they won't cross a bridge or sleep in a house that has popple wo”Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind).“Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.”verbOf 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.“His Brains came poppling out like Water”