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Definition of Popple
1. v. i. To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.
2. n. The poplar.
Definition of Popple
1. Noun. (dialect) poplar ¹
2. Noun. Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind) ¹
3. Verb. Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popple
1. to move in a bubbling or rippling manner [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popple
Literary usage of Popple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"1708), was son of Edmund popple, sheriff of Hull in 1638, ... About this same
time (1735) popple collaborated with Hill in his 'Prompter,'and ..."
2. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1904)
"William popple to William Penn. The Council of Trade expected to see you before
you went ... William popple to Major-General Winthrop and Jahleel Brenton. ..."
3. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1905)
"J. Burchett to William popple. The Admiralty, having received no answer from ...
William popple to J. Burchett. Both of your letters of yesterday have been ..."
4. Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and by Ireland High Court of Chancery, Ireland Rolls Court (1867)
"The defendant Thomas Richardson stated that popple, his agent in Dublin, ...
Defendant never remitted money to popple, nor had popple ever applied to him to ..."
5. Correspondence of William Pitt: When Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"GOVERNOR popple TO PITT' (Abstract) BERMUDA. 5. May 1758. ... William popple,
the dramatist, who was clerk of the reports to the commissioners of trade and ..."
6. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1814)
"popple. To the right honorable the lords commissioner* for trade and ...
In obedience to your lordships' commands, signified to me by Mr. popple, ..."
7. Correspondence of William Pitt, when Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"GOVERNOR popple TO PITT' (Abstract) BERMUDA. 5. May 1758. ... William popple,
the dramatist, who was clerk of the reports to the commissioners of trade and ..."
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