troll
verb/trɒl/, /trəʊl/
/trəʊl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they troll | /trɒl/, /trəʊl/ /trəʊl/ |
| he / she / it trolls | /trɒlz/, /trəʊlz/ /trəʊlz/ |
| past simple trolled | /trɒld/, /trəʊld/ /trəʊld/ |
| past participle trolled | /trɒld/, /trəʊld/ /trəʊld/ |
| -ing form trolling | /ˈtrɒlɪŋ/, /ˈtrəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈtrəʊlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] troll (for something) (especially North American English) to catch fish by pulling a line with bait on it through the water behind a boat
- [transitive, intransitive] (informal) to search for or try to get something
- troll something for something He trolled the internet for advice on the disease.
- troll for something Both candidates have been trolling for votes.
- [intransitive, transitive] troll (somebody/something) to write false or offensive messages on the internet in order to make other people angry
- Someone keeps posting snide comments on the forum, trolling for a reaction.
- Someone trolled me every day this week, each time posting the same obnoxious message on my blog.
- It looks like kids are intentionally trolling these blogs and trying to get a reaction from the adults who write them.
Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘stroll, roll’): origin uncertain; compare with Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ and Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’.
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