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

  • (..) Hurry! We're six days from Rivendell! He'll never make it! Hold on,Frodo. Gandalf! Look,Frodo. It's Mr. Bilbo's trolls. Mr. Frodo? He's going cold. Is he going to die? He's passing into the Shadow World. He'll soon become a Wraith like them. -They're close. -Sam,do you know the Athelas plant? (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • (..) -I think I'll just have another ale. -Oh,no,you don't. Go on! So there I was... ...at the mercy of three monstrous trolls. And they were all arguing amongst themselves... ...about how they were going to cook us. Whether it be turned on a spit,or to sit on us one by one,squash us into jelly. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring