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- Dictionarytroll/trɒl/
noun
- 1. a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post: "one solution is to make a troll's postings invisible to the rest of community once they've been recognized"
- 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"
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someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble. a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people: A well-constructed troll will provoke irate or confused responses from flamers and newbies.
In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life. The methods and motivations of trolls can range from benign to sadistic.
a. : to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content. … trolls engage in the most outrageous and offensive behaviors possible—all the better to troll you with. Whitney Phillips. b.
someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble. a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people: A well-constructed troll will provoke irate or confused responses from flamers and newbies.
A troll is someone who harasses other people online to try to get a negative reaction from them. To troll someone is to harass them. The online troll is related to the trolls of legend and fiction, supernatural creatures that live in caves or other underground
A troll is a supernatural creature who is either very big or very small, ugly, and not very nice. You're most likely to read about a troll in a fairytale — perhaps trying to trick a beautiful princess into marrying him!
1. To fish by trailing a line, as from a moving boat. 2. a. To stroll along or wander: "As he was extremely early, he trolled past the community center" (David Bezmozgis). b. To move around in an area or go to different places searching for something. c.
Nov 10, 2024 · Hyponym: keyboard warrior. Coordinate term: griefer. (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign. (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
Definition of troll noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of troll verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
