troll

Definition of troll in English English dictionary: By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice, to lure; To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner
I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.; To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa la la la la la la la la.; A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges; To disrupt the operation of an online community, particularly by luring others into combative argument; To trundle, to roll from side to side; To move circularly; To saunter; A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc; A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way intended to anger other posters and to cause drama, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose; To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat; An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line; An ugly person of either sex; {v} to move circularly, roll, rove, fish for pike; To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water; A supernatural being, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges; A term used to define a public message (either on a USENET newsgroup or other public message board on an online service) that is posted for the sole purpose of offending people and/or generating an enormous flood of non-topic replies (submitted by Brett Palmer); To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely; To saunter, especially in order to find a sexual partner; A purposely stupid, inflammatory, or downright wrong article (closely related to flamebait) Its purpose is to get people mad and make them look stupid and gullible; A troublemaker who deliberately posts provocative, hostile or annoying messages in a newsgroup or mailing list with the specific intent of starting a flamewar The practice is known as trolling Related terms: Flame, Flamewar, Post, POST, Mailing list, Newsgroup; To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six; Deliberately post an offensive or contentious message in a public message base, with the specific intent of provoking flames; A trolley; sing loudly and without inhibition angle with a hook and line drawn through the water sing the parts of (a round) in succession cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"; To fish in; to seek to catch fish from; a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll"; A person who posts only to inflame opinion Most are so obvious that only the most clueless reply; cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"; speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice; A feral race living primarily in the mountains, trolls are a tribal race somewhat taller than humans and far stronger Their appearance is rather ghastly from their ability to crossbreed with virtually any race (which their repugnant behavior often indulges in, with or without consent) Trolls are best known for their amazing powers of healing ("regeneration") that will allow them to survive most wounds, even those thought mortal, and even regrow limbs (save for the head) [See also: Feral Race, Dark Troll]; If you troll through papers or files, you look through them in a fairly casual way. Trolling through the files revealed a photograph of me drinking coffee in the office. A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges. an imaginary creature in stories that looks like an ugly person (troll and trold, from troll ); In Scandinavian mythology, trolls are creatures who look like ugly people. They live in caves or on mountains and steal children; A rare creature that absorbs and feeds on ambient magical energy from the environment; (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"; To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking; By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice; A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch; To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure; angling by drawing a baited line through the water; To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn; An annoyance usually on Messageboards who posts for the purpose of causing a disturbance Often by making comments of a slanderous nature, accusatory, or just general pain-in-the-assness; To move rapidly; to wag; An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list or message board to bait people to answer Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a discussion Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls The best response is to ignore it Also, the person who posts such messages; This is the Scandanavian term for elf Sometimes they are described as being hairy and ugly, although they are able to change their shape into anything they please They are said to have lots of treasure, and live in beautiful palaces; If you troll somewhere, you go there in a casual and unhurried way. I trolled along to see Michael Frayn's play, `Noises Off'; To take part in trolling a song; sing loudly and without inhibition; angle with a hook and line drawn through the water; {i} legendary Scandinavian creature that lives in caves; round, rotation, spin; To post an ostensibly sincere article on an Internet newsgroup for the real purpose of eliciting a reaction from readers A well-crafted troll may not be detected at all the first time around, in which case the poster usually follows it up with an more outrageous and less plausible variation; To disrupt the operation of an online community; circulate, move around; To sing in the form of a round; A post that is intentionally inflammatory and which is typically an attempt to start a flamewar One who posts trolls; The act of moving round; routine; repetition; angling by drawing a baited line through the water a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll" (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you" sing loudly and without inhibition angle with a hook and line drawn through the water sing the parts of (a round) in succession cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop" circulate, move around; An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list to bait people to answer Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a newsgroup or mailing list Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls The best response is to ignore it; a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"; the place to check in or buy at the door admission to an event; praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"; To tend a fire; A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round; The practice of trying to lure other Internet users into sending responses; (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains; angling by drawing a baited line through the water a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll"; sing the parts of (a round) in succession; Samuel Johnson, Dictionary - (1) To roll; to run round; {f} fish by pulling the bait and line through the water; sing in a loud or fish by trailing a baited line through the water; speak or sing in a loud rolling manner; roll; send intentionally erroneous messages to message boards in order to lure others to; n A mythical creature, first found in Scandinavian folklore, that is portrayed with a variety of personalities: as a friendly, mischievous dwarf or as a giant (often of evil disposition) who lives in caves or under bridges Warcraft III art
troll-friendly: Not taking any steps to combat internet trolling. For example, they restrict administrators and sysops from applying policies to control trolling
concern troll: Someone who posts to an internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming "concern" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to give up on group projects entirely
feed the troll: To respond to an individual who posts deliberately inflammatory or disruptive statements, such as to a newsgroup or other online forum
The man rejected the business forum moderator's advice and decided to feed the troll by answering his irrelevant question whether he could host a game show.
patent troll: A person, company, etc. that holds and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of marketing or promoting the subject of the patent
troller: An engine-powered fishing boat, used for moving slowly while fishing lines drag behind, sometimes able to sail in shallow water
trolled: past of troll
troller: One who trolls
troller: a fisherman who uses a hook and line
troller: {i} one who trolls; one who fishes by pulling the bait and line through the water; rod for fishing by trolling; one who sings or speaks in a loud rolling manner; one who sings in a round
trolling: Intentionally disrupting a Usenet newsgroup by posting obviously inaccurate or inflammatory information hoping to get a rise out of people The perpetrators are known as "trolls"
trolling: Deliberately posting false information in order to elicit responses from people who really want to help
trolling: the vessel tows a number of lines on the surface or at various depths using artificial lures or bait to attract the fish
trolling: Posting outrageous messages to newsgroups (or sending outrageous emails to many recipients) to generate many irate responses, or similar conduct
trolling: angling by drawing a baited line through the water
trolling: To fish by towing an array of baited lines or lures behind the boat
trolling: How net veterans bait newbies into responding to newsgroup posts that are inflammatory or provocative The newbie response is immediately flamed
trolling: present participle of troll
trolling: Fishing by dragging a line fitted with one or more hooks behind the boat
trolling: 1 Fishing technique in which an angler pulls the fly or lure behind a boat 2 When an angler drags the fly behind while wading
trolling: Refers to looking for trauma in the past without first finding a symptom in the present
trolling: a method of fishing using several lines, each hooked and baited, which are slowly dragged behind the vessel
trolling: The act of deliberately posting false or inflammatory information in order to start a flame war or cause aggravation to others
trolling: Deliberately posting false information in order to illicit responses from people who really want to help A typical response might be, "No, Bart Simpson was NOT one of our founding fathers "
trolling: to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat Trolling is illegal at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games Bass Fishing competition (provides unfair advantage)
trolling: {i} act of a person who trolls; sending of intentionally erroneous messages to message boards in order to lure others to respond (Internet); fishing by trailing a baited line through the water
trolling: Deliberately posting false information in order to elicit responses from people who really want to help A typical response might be, "No, Bart Simpson was NOT one of our founding fathers "
trolls: Like orcs, trolls are also vile creations of Morgoth They are very big and strong, but luckily also very stupid
trolls: Dwarfs of Northern mythology, living in hills or mounds; they are represented as stumpy, misshapen, and humpbacked, inclined to thieving, and fond of carrying off children or substituting one of their own offspring for that of a human mother They are called hill-people, and are especially averse to noise, from a recollection of the time when Thor used to be for ever flinging his hammer after them (Icelandic, troll )' (See Fairy ) “Out then spake the tiny Troll, No bigger than an emmet he ” Danish ballad, Eline of Villenskov Trolly A cart used in mines and on railways A railway trolly is worked by the hand, which moves a treadle; a coal-mine trolly used to be pushed by trolly-boys; ponies are now generally employed instead of boys (Welsh, trol, a cart; trolio, to roll or trundle, whence “to troll a catch”- i e to sing a catch or round )
trolls: third-person singular of troll
trolls: plural of , troll

troll

Turkish pronunciation

trōl

Synonyms

demon, dwarf, giant, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, monster, mythical creature, ogre

Pronunciation

/ˈtrōl/ /ˈtroʊl/

Etymology

[ 'trOl ] (verb.) 15th century. From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll, possibly related to the Middle High German trolle (“spook, wraith, monster, ogre”) . Compare Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) trylle (“to bewitch”), Danish trylle (“to perform magical arts”) and Swedish trolla (“to conjure”).