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troll

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folklore trolltroll1 /trəʊl, trɒl $ troʊl/ noun [countable] 1 RFan imaginary creature in stories that looks like an ugly person2 someone who leaves offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction Examples from the Corpustroll• 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.• 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. trolltroll2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 American 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.2 American 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.3 to leave offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpustroll• It's certainly true that both will now troll for votes in the same middle waters.Origin troll (1600-1700) Norwegian troll and Danish trold, from Old Norse troll "evil creature, giant"
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Verb table
troll
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they troll
he, she, it trolls
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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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Continuous Form
Present
I am trolling
he, she, it is trolling
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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
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