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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
troll
    n 1: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a
         dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in
         the mountains
    2: 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" [syn: round, troll]
    3: a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a
       spinner as his troll"
    4: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn:
       troll, trolling]
    v 1: circulate, move around
    2: cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"
    3: sing the parts of (a round) in succession
    4: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
    5: sing loudly and without inhibition
    6: praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"
    7: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Troll \Troll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Trolling.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr[^o]ler, 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.
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            To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
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            Then doth she troll to the bowl.      --Gammer
                                                  Gurton's
                                                  Needle.
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            Troll the brown bowl.                 --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a
      catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
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            Will you troll the catch ?            --Shak.
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            His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd,
            By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud.  --Hudibras.
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   4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn
      along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
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   5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
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            With patient angle trolls the finny deep.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower
   (a) .
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Troll \Troll\, v. i.
   1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a
      coach and six.
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   2. To move rapidly; to wag. --F. Beaumont.
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   3. To take part in trolling a song.
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   4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to
      fish by drawing the hook through the water.
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            Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that
            abounded in fish.                     --Bancroft.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Troll \Troll\, n.
   1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. --Burke.
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   2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch;
      a round.
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            Thence the catch and troll, while "Laughter, holding
            both his sides," sheds tears to song and ballad
            pathetic on the woes of married life. --Prof.
                                                  Wilson.
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   3. A trolley.
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   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.
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6. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
troll


    1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on 
    Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post
    itself. Derives from the phrase ?trolling for newbies? which in turn
    comes from mainstream ?trolling?, a style of fishing in which one trails
    bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is
    a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look
    even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more
    savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't
    fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT.

    2. n. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts
    specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion
    list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a
    discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that they have no real
    interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter
    flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no
    redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form
    of life on the net, as in, ?Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll.? Compare 
    kook.

    3. n. [Berkeley] Computer lab monitor. A popular campus job for CS
    students. Duties include helping newbies and ensuring that lab policies are
    followed. Probably so-called because it involves lurking in dark cavelike
    corners.

    Some people claim that the troll (sense 1) is properly a narrower category
    than flame bait, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion
    that is wrong but not overtly controversial. See also Troll-O-Meter.

    The use of ?troll? in any of these senses is a live metaphor that readily
    produces elaborations and combining forms. For example, one not
    infrequently sees the warning ?Do not feed the troll? as part of a followup
    to troll postings.


7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
TROLL

   An array language for continuous simulation, econometric
   modelling or statistical analysis.

   ["TROLL Reference Manual", D0062, Info Proc Services, MIT
   (1973-76)].


8. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
troll

   An electronic mail message, Usenet posting or other
   (electronic) communication which is intentionally incorrect,
   but not overtly controversial (compare flame bait), or the
   act of sending such a message.  Trolling aims to elicit an
   emotional reaction from those with a hair-trigger on the reply
   key.  A really subtle troll makes some people lose their
   minds.

   (1994-10-17)


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