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poppling

poppling is the present participle and gerund of popple.

Meaning of popple

Verb

popple (third-person singular simple present popples, present participle poppling, simple past and past participle poppled)

  1. Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner.
  2. To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water.
    • His Brains came poppling out like Water1675, Charles Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque

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Questions about poppling

What is poppling the present participle and gerund of?
Poppling is the present participle and gerund of popple.

Words near poppling in the dictionary

  1. Popplestones
  2. Poppleton
  3. Poppletons
  4. Popplewell
  5. Popplewells
  6. poppling
  7. popply
  8. poppodom
  9. poppodoms
  10. poppodum
  11. poppodums

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