Troll definition
An example of troll is hang fishing lines off the back of a boat and the boat slowly in a lake or bay.
An example of troll is to wander through a forest looking for wild mushrooms.
Troll the lake for bass.
Trolling the classifieds for a cheap car.
Trolling through old family photos looking for a picture of my aunt.
To troll the local singles bars.
Visiting bars, trolling for a pickup.
1906: It was necessary to troll them along two years with the hope of employing their usual methods, in order to get them to a place too far from their starting-point for retreat. "” Thomas William Lawson, "Fools and Their Money: Some After-Claps of Frenzied Finance", Everybody's Magazine XIV(5) May 1906, p. 690
His favorite place to troll is that bar on 42nd street.
I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.
Troll the brown bowl.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V.Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones: [...].
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa la la la la la la la la.
An example of a troll is the way fishermen catch salmon in salt water off the coast of Alaska.
An example of a troll is Gollum.
An example of a troll is a person who posts pornographic text in an online chat or forum.
Troll a carol.
Origin of troll
- Middle English trollen to wander about from Old French troller of Germanic origin N., senses 3a and b, influenced by troll
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old Norse
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll, from Old Norse trÇ«ll (“witch, mage, conjurer") (compare Icelandic tröll), possibly related to the Middle High German trolle (“spook, wraith, monster, ogre") . Norwegian fortrylle (“to bewitch"), Norwegian and Danish trylle (“to conjure") and Swedish trolla (“to conjure").
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- From Middle English trollen, trollin (“to walk, wander"). Cognate with Low German trullen (“to troll").
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