How do you use the word "troll" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "troll" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "troll": Just one slip and you'll be mistaken for a troll and flamed. I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.

Troll Meaning

/tɹɒl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nouna giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.

nouna giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges., A type of diminutive supernatural being; a dwarf.

Sentence Examples

Just one slip and you'll be mistaken for a troll and flamed.

I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.

I run a fake numbers station just to troll people.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

round

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The bridge was guarded by a frightening ____ who asked riddles to travelers.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In many old stories, a grumpy ____ is said to live under the stone bridge and demand a payment from travelers today.

Word Origin & History

Partly: * from Middle English trol (“demon (?); sorcerer (?)”) [and other forms], from Old Norse trǫll (“conjurer, mage; witch”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (“supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster”), probably from *trudaną (“to step on; to tread”) + *-ilą (suffix forming agent nouns); and * borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål troll, Swedish troll, or Danish trold, from Old Norse trǫll (see above). Doublet of droll and trow. Cognates * Danish fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”) * Icelandic tröll * Middle High German trol, crewtrolle (“spook, wraith; ogre, monster”) * Norwegian fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”) * Swedish trolla (“to conjure”)

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He followed their advice, and rode through a rye-field, where the Trolls were unable to follow him, but in their exasperation cried after him, "The red cock shall crow over thy dwelling." And behold! his house stood in a blaze." — 1851, Benjamin Thorpe, “Norwegian Traditions. [The Girl at the Sæter.]”, in Northern Mythology, […], volumes II (Scandinavian Popular Traditions and Superstitions), London: Edward Lumley, […], →OCLC, page 7:

"The Scandinavian fancied himself surrounded by Trolls,—a kind of goblin men, with vast power of work and skilful production,—divine stevedores, carpenters, reapers, smiths, and masons, swift to reward every kindness done them, with gifts of gold and silver." — 1856, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Ability”, in English Traits, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, page 81:

"The bear got so angry that he rushed at the trolls and scratched them all over, while Peter took the other handspike and hammered away at them as if he wanted to beat their brains out. The trolls had to clear out at last, but Peter stayed and enjoyed himself with all the Christmas fare the whole week. After that the trolls were not heard of there for many years." — 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “Peter Gynt”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 150:

"In these manuscripts we are again in an atmosphere of eotens and trolls, there are traces of even older terrors, when the first Teuton settlers in Europe struggled with the aborigines who lived in caves, hints as elusive as the phantom heroes in the Saxon poems, and as unforgettable." — 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, “The Anglo-Saxon Herbals”, in The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co. […], →OCLC, page 3:

"The more usual appellation of the Dwarfs is Troll or Trold, a word originally significant of any evil spirit, giant monster, magician, or evil person; but now in a good measure divested of its ill senses, for the Trolls are not in general regarded as noxious or malignant beings. [...] They are obliging and neighbourly; freely lending and borrowing, and elsewise keeping up a friendly intercourse with mankind." — 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, pages 195-161:

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