Definizione monolingua

troll

troll (third-person singular simple present trolls, present participle trolling, simple past and past participle trolled)

1. (intransitive) To saunter. [from late 14th c.]
2. (intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side. [from early 15th c.]
3. (intransitive, fishing) To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat. [from circa 1600]
4. (intransitive) By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice, to lure.

   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"", Everybodys Magazine XIV(5) May 1906, p. 690

5. (slang) (intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner. [from 20th c.]

   I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.

6. (intransitive) To disrupt the operation of an online community, particularly by luring others into combative argument. [from late 20th c.]
7. (transitive, Internet slang) By extension, to incite anger (outside of an internet context); to provoke or harass.

troll (plural trolls)

1. (fantasy) A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]
2. (slang) An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking random sexual experiences
3. (astronomy, meteorology) 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

Definizione dizionario troll

	troll
	a deliberately inflammatory posting to a newsgroup
	A person who writes in online forums or the usenet with the sole purpose of starting heated discussions and annoying people.

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Altri significati:

troll (e.g. web forums)

An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. [from circa 1600]

(intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side. [from early 15th c.]

(fishing) To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat. [from circa 1600]

(Internet, Internet slang) A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way intended to anger other posters and to cause drama, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose. [from late 20th c.]

(Internet) A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc. [from late 20th c.]

(fantasy) A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]

supernatural being

(transitive, intransitive, archaic) 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.

(slang) An ugly person of either sex

(intransitive) By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice, to lure.

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move circularly.

(intransitive) To saunter. [from late 14th c.]

(intransitive) To disrupt the operation of an online community, particularly by luring others into combative argument. [from late 20th c.]

(slang)(intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner. [from 20th c.]