troll

A detailed, dark fantasy illustration of a grotesque humanoid troll living in a cave.
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A detailed, dark fantasy illustration of a grotesque humanoid troll living in a cave.

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  1. noun — trolls
    1. A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
      • He followed their advice, and rode through a rye-field, where the Trolls were unable to follow him, but in their exasperation cried after him, "The red cock shall crow over thy dwelling." And behold! his house stood in a blaze.
      • "Will you have a sausage, pussy?" said one of the trolls, and threw a hot frog right into the bear's jaw.
      • In these manuscripts we are again in an atmosphere of eotens and trolls, there are traces of even older terrors, when the first Teuton settlers in Europe struggled with the aborigines who lived in caves[.]
    2. An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences.
      • The way Torchie had talked about him, I expected him to be some kind of troll. But he could have passed for one of those actors who makes a couple of movies, gets real popular with the girls for a year or two, and then vanishes from sight.
      • In this work, the abject object - a sculpture of a fat, hairy woman - is heartbreakingly comforted by a text that claims the artist's love and desire to protect the 'ugly' troll.
      • She sulked as we returned downstairs, her own more colorful clothes stuffed into her bright green shoulder bag. “I just wish I didn't have to dress like such a troll.”
      • Sharon had no desire to talk to Alora Magee, but she was happy to get out of her cell and away from that disgusting troll and her irritating voice.
      • Edwin Baer was an ugly troll of a man. He stood just about five feet, six inches and maybe weighed 140 pounds soaking wet.
      • I liked one of the girls, Sarah, but her mate, the troll, was a total bitch from hell, probably because guys only fancied Sarah, so we hung out whilst the troll was obviously scheming how to steal my money.
      • So if you're hoping to get a fuck, you'll be out of luck, Hideous hag, You are an ugly troll,
    3. Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops.
  2. verb — trolls; trolling; trolled
    1. To saunter.
    2. To trundle, to roll from side to side.
    3. To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.
      • 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.
    4. To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait.
    5. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
    6. To fish in; to try to catch fish from.
    7. To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner.
      • He spends most of his waking hours trolling on WIRE.
    8. To post or make inflammatory or insincere statements so as to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate others' perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
      • I trolled, and no one bit! [title]
      • Could you be trolling and believe in it at the same time?
  3. noun — trolls
    1. An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
    2. A person who posts or says inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages to provoke others on the Internet for their own personal amusement.
      • Coordinate term: griefer
      • Katie Hopkins: My Fat Story 9pm, TLC. The professional troll and one-time Apprentice stirrer piles on the pounds in order to shed them in this two-part doc, which feels at times like an overly long This Morning item.
      • From there, attacking people head-on — though almost always cloaked in anonymity — wasn’t a big leap. And so much more on the internet became like a game, only the score consisted of attention, outrage or approval from like-minded trolls.
    3. Someone who sows discord, promotes misinformation, or spreads propaganda in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political compaign.
  4. verb — trolls; trolling; trolled
    1. To move circularly; to roll; to turn.
    2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
      • Then doth she troll to the bowl.
    3. 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.
      • Troul the ancient Christmas carol.
  5. noun — trolls
    1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
    2. A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
      • Thence the catch and troll, while "Laughter, holding both his sides," sheds tears to song and ballad pathetic on the woes of married life.
    3. A trolley.
Derivatives fantroll trollery trolless trollish trollishly trollishness trollism trollist trollistic trollistically