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troll

Definition

  • noun: a creature that looks like a very large or very small ugly person
  • verb: to cause to move round and round
  • verb: to fish with a hook and line that you pull through the water
  • often + 'for'
  • synonyms: roll, witch, turn

Examples

  • She loves to 'troll' flea markets looking for bargains.

  • They were 'trolling' the ocean floor.

  • politicians 'trolling for' votes

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Grendel? Then I will kill your Grendel. I, Beowulf, killed a tribe of giants on the Orkneys. crushed the skulls of sea-serpents. And this... this troll of yours will trouble you no more. A hero! A hero! I knew that the sea would bring us a hero! So, will you go up to the moors, (..)
    2007 Beowulf