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troll1 nountroll2 verb trolltroll1 /trəʊl, trɒl $ troʊl/ noun [countable] trollOrigin: 1600-1700 Norwegian troll and Danish trold, from Old Norse troll ‘evil creature, giant’ - He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.
- The troll again asked his question and learned that an even bigger goat would soon cross his bridge.
- The troll thought that was sensible, so he waited.
- There was now, for example, a five-metre tall mountain troll standing in the road.
- There were also some senior dwarfs from Copperhead and, standing well away from them, a group of trolls.
- They are the trolls lurking beneath the jerry-built bridges that businesses and agencies view as shortcuts to high performance.
► Folkloreabominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun 1an imaginary creature in stories that looks like an ugly person2someone who leaves offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reactiontroll1 nountroll2 verb trolltroll2 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEtroll |
Present | I, you, we, they | troll | | he, she, it | trolls | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trolled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trolled | | he, she, it | has trolled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trolled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will troll | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trolled |
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Present | I | am trolling | | he, she, it | is trolling | | you, we, they | are trolling | Past | I, he, she, it | was trolling | | you, we, they | were trolling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trolling | | he, she, it | has been trolling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trolling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trolling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trolling |
- It's certainly true that both will now troll for votes in the same middle waters.
1American English to try to remove something from a river, ocean etc by pulling a rope, line etc through the water: Ships towing huge magnets trolled the ocean floor.troll for I would troll for fish from the rowboat.2American English to try to obtain something by searching, asking people etc SYN trawl British Englishtroll (something) for something Stewart spent hours trolling the Web for information.3to leave offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction |