troll

[Troll]

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!

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A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

Noun
angling by drawing a baited line through the water

Noun
a fisherman''s lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll"

Noun
a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"

Noun
(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains

Verb
speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice

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Verb
praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"

Verb
sing loudly and without inhibition

Verb
angle with a hook and line drawn through the water

Verb
sing the parts of (a round) in succession

Verb
cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"

Verb
circulate, move around


n.
A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

v. t.
To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

v. t.
To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.

v. t.
To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.

v. t.
To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

v. t.
To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.

v. i.
To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.

v. i.
To move rapidly; to wag.

v. i.
To take part in trolling a song.

v. i.
To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.

n.
The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

n.
A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.

n.
A trolley.


Troll

Troll , n. [Icel. troll. Cf. Droll, Trull.] (Scand. Myth.) A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch. Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a).

Troll

Troll , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trolling.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr'93ler, Of. troller to drag about, to ramble; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. G. trollen to roll, ramble, sich trollen to be gone; or perhaps for trotler, fr. F. trotter to trot (cf. Trot.). Cf. Trawl.] 1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.
To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
Then doth she troll to the bowl.
Troll the brown bowl.
3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
Will you troll the catch ?
His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud.
4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure. 5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
With patient angle trolls the finny deep.

Troll

Troll, v. i. 1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six. 2. To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont. 3. To take part in trolling a song. 4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.
Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish.

Troll

Troll, n. 1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. Burke. 2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
Thence the catch and troll, while "Laughter, holding both his sides," sheds tears to song and ballad pathetic on the woes of married life.
3. A trolley. Troll plate (Mach.), a rotative disk with spiral ribs or grooves, by which several pieces, as the jaws of a chuck, can be brought together or spread radially.

A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.

The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

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