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Definition of 'TROLL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) troll
to sing or utter in a full, rolling voice.

2.  troll
to sing in the manner of a round or catch.

3.  troll
to fish in (a body of water) by trailing a line behind a slow-moving boat.

4.  troll
to cause to turn round and round; roll.

5. (v.i.) troll
to sing.

6.  troll
to be uttered or sounded in such tones.

7.  troll
to fish by trolling.

8.  troll
to roll; turn round and round.

9.  troll
to move nimbly, as the tongue in speaking.

10. (n.) troll
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.

11.  troll
the act of trolling.

12.  troll
the lure or hook, with or without the attached line, used in trolling.

13. (n.) troll
(in Scandinavian folklore) any of a race of supernatural beings, usu. hostile to humans, who live underground or in caves.

Etymology: (1610–20; < ON troll demon)

Definition of 'TROLL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) troll
(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains

2. (noun) round, troll
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"

3. (noun) troll
a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
"he used a spinner as his troll"

4. (verb) troll, trolling
angling by drawing a baited line through the water

5. (verb) troll
circulate, move around

6. (verb) troll
cause to move round and round
"The child trolled her hoop"

7. (verb) troll
sing the parts of (a round) in succession

8. (verb) troll
angle with a hook and line drawn through the water

9. (verb) troll
sing loudly and without inhibition

10. (verb) troll
praise or celebrate in song
"All tongues shall troll you"

11. (verb) troll
speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice

Definition of 'TROLL'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) TROLL
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

2. (noun) TROLL
the act of moving round; routine; repetition

3. (noun) TROLL
a song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round

4. (noun) TROLL
a trolley

5. (verb) TROLL
to move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn

6. (verb) TROLL
to send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking

7. (verb) TROLL
to sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely

8. (verb) TROLL
to angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure

9. (verb) TROLL
to fish in; to seek to catch fish from

10. (verb) TROLL
to roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six

11. (verb) TROLL
to move rapidly; to wag

12. (verb) TROLL
to take part in trolling a song

13. (verb) TROLL
to fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water

Definitions of 'TROLL'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. TROLL
1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase “trolling for newbies” which in turn comes from mainstream “trolling”, a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT.

2. n. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that they have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, “Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll.” Compare kook.

3. n. [Berkeley] Computer lab monitor. A popular campus job for CS students. Duties include helping newbies and ensuring that lab policies are followed. Probably so-called because it involves lurking in dark cavelike corners.

Some people claim that the troll (sense 1) is properly a narrower category than flame bait, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion that is wrong but not overtly controversial. See also Troll-O-Meter.

The use of ‘troll’ in any of these senses is a live metaphor that readily produces elaborations and combining forms. For example, one not infrequently sees the warning “Do not feed the troll” as part of a followup to troll postings.

Translation of 'TROLL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an imaginary creature of human-like form, very ugly and evil-tempered.
Afrikaans: trol	Arabic: مارِد: مَخْلوق خُرافي	Bulgarian: трол
Brazilian: trol	Czech: trol	German: der Troll
Danish: trold	Greek: κακοποιό δαιμόνιο	Spanish: trol
Estonian: troll	Farsi: غول یا کوتولۀ ساکن غار و	Finnish: peikko
French: troll	Hebrew: טְרוֹל	Hindi: वेताल
Croatian: trol	Hungarian: (mitológiai lény)	Indonesian: jin
Icelandic: jarðálfur, tröll	Italian: troll	Japanese: 伝説の怪物
Korean: (동굴이나 지하에 사는) 거인, (장난을 좋아	Lithuanian: trolis	Latvian: trollis
Malay: jin	Dutch: trol	Norwegian: troll
Polish: złośliwy gnom	Persian: غول یا کوتولۀ ساکن غار و	Pashto: پرله پسی سندره
Romanian: spiriduş	Russian: тролль	Slovak: trpaslík, piadimužík
Slovenian: (hudoben)škrat	Serbian: trol	Swedish: troll
Thai: คนที่น่าเกลียด (มักหมายถึ	Turkish: trol	Taiwanese: (北歐神話中形象似人的)巨人，怪物
Ukrainian: троль	Urdu: ايک ديومالائي مخلوق	Vietnamese: người khổng lồ
Chinese: （北欧神话中形象似人的）巨人，怪物
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