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- Dictionarytroll/trōl/
noun
- 1. a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
- 2. a line or bait used in trolling for fish.
verb
- 1. make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them: "if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"
- 2. carefully and systematically search an area for something: "a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"
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The meaning of TROLL is a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills. How to use troll in a sentence.
someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble. a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people: A well-constructed troll will provoke irate or confused responses from flamers and newbies.
someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble. a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people: A well-constructed troll will provoke irate or confused responses from flamers and newbies.
If you troll someone, you deliberately try to upset them or start an argument with them, especially by posting offensive or unkind things on the internet. [computing] Instead of picking fights on the street they are at home, trolling people on the internet. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
A troll is a supernatural creature who is either very big or very small, ugly, and not very nice. You're most likely to read about a troll in a fairytale — perhaps trying to trick a beautiful princess into marrying him!
Trolls based on the dolls appeared in the Hollywood animated movie Trolls (2016) and its subsequent sequels Trolls World Tour (2020), and Trolls Band Together (2023). Troll [21] is the name, and main antagonist, of a 2022 Norwegian movie released by Netflix on December 1, 2022.
troll meaning, definition, what is troll: an imaginary creature in stories that lo...: Learn more.
Troll, in early Scandinavian folklore, giant, monstrous being, sometimes possessing magic powers. Hostile to men, trolls lived in castles and haunted the surrounding districts after dark. If exposed to sunlight they burst or turned to stone.
noun. /trɒl/, /trəʊl/ /trəʊl/ (in Scandinavian stories) a creature that looks like an ugly person. Some trolls are very large and evil, others are small and friendly but like to trick people. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.
Troll definition: to fish for or in with a moving line, either working the line up or down with a rod as in fishing for pike, or trailing the line behind a slow-moving boat. See examples of TROLL used in a sentence.
