troll

Etymology 1
Partly:


 * from, from , from , probably from + ; and
 * borrowed from, , or , from (see above).

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Noun

 * , a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
 * 1)  A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
 * 2)  An ugly or unpleasant person.
 * 3)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
 * 2)  An ugly or unpleasant person.
 * 3)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
 * 2)  An ugly or unpleasant person.
 * 3)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An ugly or unpleasant person.
 * 2)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
 * 1)  An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.

Translations

 * Arabic: طْرُول
 * Azerbaijani: troll
 * Belarusian: троль
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: трол
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, skřítek
 * Danish: trold
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: trolo
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: trøll
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: trol
 * Georgian: ტროლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ट्रोल
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: troll
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 트롤
 * Latin: trollum
 * Macedonian: трол
 * Marathi: ट्रोल
 * Northern Sami: stállu
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: troll
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Cyrillic: трол
 * Russian:
 * Scanian: trøll
 * Scots: trowe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑л
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: โทรลล์, โทรล
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: троль
 * Vietnamese: quỷ khổng lồ
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: TROLL-purkaus
 * Macedonian:

Etymology 2
The is derived from Late, , from ,  (modern 🇨🇬); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to  (modern 🇨🇬), ultimately from , which is probably related to  (see further at etymology 1). .

Verb (“to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat”) is possibly influenced by  and/or

The is probably derived from the verb. Noun (“person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) is possibly influenced by troll (etymology 1).



Verb

 * 1) To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
 * 2)  Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or roll in like a stream.
 * 3) To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
 * 4) To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
 * 5)  Chiefly of a man:.
 * 6)  Followed by in: to flow or roll in like a stream.
 * 7)  To sing the parts of (a catch, round, or similar song) in succession; also, to sing (a song) freely or in a carefree way, or loudly.
 * 8)  To pass (something, specifically a bowl or other communal drinking vessel) from one person to another; to circulate, to send about.
 * 9)  Of bells: to ring a sequence of tones in a resounding manner.
 * 10)  Of a person: to sing the parts of a catch, round, or similar song in succession; also, to sing freely or in a carefree way, or loudly.
 * 11)  Of a song: to be sung freely or in a carefree way, or loudly; also, of a tune: to be constantly in someone's mind.
 * 12)  Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink inside it: to be passed around from one person to another.
 * 13) To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 14)  To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking.
 * 15) To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 16)  To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag.
 * 17)  To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun )).
 * 18)  To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
 * 19)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 20)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 21)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 22)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 23)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To pass (something, specifically a bowl or other communal drinking vessel) from one person to another; to circulate, to send about.
 * 2)  Of bells: to ring a sequence of tones in a resounding manner.
 * 3)  Of a person: to sing the parts of a catch, round, or similar song in succession; also, to sing freely or in a carefree way, or loudly.
 * 4)  Of a song: to be sung freely or in a carefree way, or loudly; also, of a tune: to be constantly in someone's mind.
 * 5)  Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink inside it: to be passed around from one person to another.
 * 6) To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 7)  To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking.
 * 8) To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 9)  To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag.
 * 10)  To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun )).
 * 11)  To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
 * 12)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 13)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 14)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 15)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 16)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  Of a song: to be sung freely or in a carefree way, or loudly; also, of a tune: to be constantly in someone's mind.
 * 2)  Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink inside it: to be passed around from one person to another.
 * 3) To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 4)  To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking.
 * 5) To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 6)  To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag.
 * 7)  To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun )).
 * 8)  To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
 * 9)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 10)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 11)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 12)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 13)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1) To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
 * 2)  To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag.
 * 3)  To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun )).
 * 4)  To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
 * 5)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 6)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 7)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 8)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 9)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
 * 2)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 3)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 4)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 5)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 6)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To fish using a running fishing line.
 * 2)  To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
 * 3)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 4)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 5)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)   To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 2)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 3)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 2)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 2)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
 * 2)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
 * 1)  To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.

Translations

 * Finnish: laulaa vuoroin
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: soida päässä
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: jylistä
 * Macedonian:


 * Estonian: kalastama
 * Finnish: ,


 * Bulgarian: тро́ля, тро́лвам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: troli
 * Estonian: trollima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: trolear
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הטריל
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: тро́ла, и́строла, ма́ми
 * Maori: whakamomoka
 * Marathi: ट्रोल करणे
 * Polish: trollować, strollować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тролати, троловати, насама́рити, превѐслати, провоци́рати
 * Roman: trolati, trolovati,, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: trollemek
 * Ukrainian: тро́лити


 * Bulgarian: ловя на блесна
 * Estonian: lantima, tirgutama, õngitsema
 * Finnish:, , vetouistella
 * Maori: titiwha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dorge
 * Swedish: ,

Noun

 * 1) An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
 * 2) An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
 * 3) A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
 * 4)  A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion; also, such a statement.
 * 5)  A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 6)  A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
 * 7)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 8)  A trolley.
 * 1)  A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
 * 2)  A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
 * 3)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 4)  A trolley.
 * 1)  A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
 * 2)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 3)  A trolley.
 * 1)  A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
 * 2)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 3)  A trolley.
 * 1)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 2)  A trolley.
 * 1)  A small wheel; specifically, the reel or winch of a fishing line.
 * 2)  A trolley.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: مُتَصَيِّد, طْرُول
 * Armenian: տրոլ
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: троль
 * Bulgarian: трол
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: trollima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: trol
 * Georgian: ტროლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ट्रॉल
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 트롤
 * Macedonian: трол
 * Maori: kaiwhakamomoka
 * Marathi: ट्रोल
 * Occitan: tròl
 * Persian: ترول
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑л
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: troll
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: троль


 * Esperanto: trolero
 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian: troll
 * Arabic: مُتَصَيِّد, طْرُول
 * Armenian: տրոլ
 * Azerbaijani: troll
 * Belarusian: троль
 * Bulgarian: трол
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: troll
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: trolo
 * Estonian:, õrritaja
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ტროლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ट्रॉल
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, þurs
 * Indonesian: troll
 * Irish: troll
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: тролль
 * Korean: 트롤
 * Kyrgyz: тролль
 * Lao: ຫ້ຽນ
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: trolis
 * Macedonian: трол
 * Malay: troll
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ترول
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: troll
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: трол
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: troll
 * Slovene: trol
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: тролл
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: troll
 * Ukrainian: троль
 * Uzbek: troll
 * Yiddish: טראָל

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  trolly

Verb

 * 1)  to troll

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  mythical being

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  inflammatory poster on the Internet
 * 2)  the act of trolling

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (grotesque person, Internet troll)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  supernatural being

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  an evil supernatural being
 * 2) a  a (often large) grotesque humanoid creature that lives in the forest or the mountain
 * 3) a greedy, aggressive or violent animal or person
 * 4) a predator
 * 5) the name of various diseases, previously believed to be caused by evil beings
 * 1) a predator
 * 2) the name of various diseases, previously believed to be caused by evil beings

Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a  supernatural being
 * 2) a  internet troll
 * 1) a  internet troll

Derived terms

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Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to roll