Troll
from
WordNet (r) 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
from
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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from
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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from
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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from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
troll
1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting
on {Usenet} designed to attract predictable responses or {flame}s; or,
the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for {newbie}s"
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.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "troll":
Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Echidna, Gorgon,
Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python,
Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, advance, angle, anthem,
bait the hook, ballad, bob, bowl, bunt, butt, canon, carol, catch,
centaur, chant, chimera, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, clam,
cockatrice, croon, dap, descant, dib, dibble, do-re-mi, drag,
draggle, dragon, drake, draw, drive, fish, fly-fish, forward,
fugato, fugue, furl, gig, go fishing, griffin, grig, guddle, hale,
haul, heave, hippocampus, hum, hymn, impel, intonate, intone, jack,
jacklight, jig, lilt, lug, mermaid, merman, minstrel, move, net,
nixie, ogre, ogress, pedal, pipe, pole, propel, psalm, pull, push,
quaver, roc, roll, roll up, rondeau, rondino, rondo, rondoletto,
roulade, round, roundelay, row, salamander, satyr, sea horse,
sea serpent, seine, serenade, shake, shove, shrimp, shunt, sing,
sing in chorus, siren, snake, sol-fa, solmizate, spin, still-fish,
sweep, sweep along, take in tow, thrust, torch, tow, trail, train,
trawl, treadle, tremolo, trill, trundle, tug, tweedle, tweedledee,
twit, twitter, unicorn, vampire, vocalize, warble, werewolf, whale,
whistle, windigo, xiphopagus, yodel, zombie
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