troll

CEFRB2

/tɹɒl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who deliberately posts upsetting messages online.

  2. 02

    noun

    A fictional ugly creature from traditional stories.

Examples

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /tɹoʊl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An ugly or unpleasant person.

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

  3. An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.

More examples

In context

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

  • Don't pay attention to that guy, he's always trolling this board.

  • Many people have been trolling me due to my activism, but I don't let it get to me.

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Origin

noun

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”)