trollnoun [ C ]
uk/trəʊl//trɒl/us/troʊl/troll noun [ C ] (CREATURE)
an imaginary, either very large or very small creature in traditional Scandinavian stories, that has magical powers and lives in mountains or caves
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Mythological & legendary characters
- Abominable Snowman
- Anancy
- Ares
- Bellona
- bigfoot
- creature
- Cyclops
- demigod
- hobbit
- imp
- leprechaun
- mermaid
- Odin
- Orpheus
- Pleiades
- Poseidon
- Prometheus
- Sasquatch
- sphinx
- tooth fairy
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troll noun [ C ] (COMPUTING)
someone who leaves an intentionally annoying message on the internet, in order to get attention or cause trouble
a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people:
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- chill room
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- posting
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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trollverb [ I or T ]
uk/trəʊl//trɒl/us/troʊl/troll verb [ I or T ] (FISH)
to try to catch fish by pulling a baited line through the water behind a boat:
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- pointer
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trail
- trap
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troll verb [ I or T ] (SEARCH)
mainly US to search among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information you want:
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- strip search
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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troll verb [ I or T ] (COMPUTING)
to leave an insulting message on the internet in order to annoy someone:
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- chill room
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- posting
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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