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   Troll

   /trōl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
   • ▪ a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
   • 2. a line or bait used in trolling for fish.

   verb

   • 1. make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them: "if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"
   • 2. carefully and systematically search an area for something: "a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"
   • ▪ fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat: "we trolled for mackerel"
   • 3. walk; stroll: British "we all trolled into town"
   • 4. sing (something) in a happy and carefree way: "troll the ancient Yuletide carol"

   Word Origin 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’. The computing senses (first recorded in 1992) are probably influenced by troll1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. troller noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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