A Quick and Simple Dictionary

troll

1. Noun.  (fantasy) A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. (defdate, from early 17th c.) .
2. Noun.  (slang) An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking random sexual experiences.
3. Noun.  (astronomy, meteorology) optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops.
4. Verb.  (intransitive) To saunter. (defdate, from late 14th c.) .
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side. (defdate, from early 15th c.) .
6. Verb.  (transitive) (figurative) To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait. (defdate, from the 1500s) .
7. Verb.  (context, intransitive) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait. (defdate, from circa 1600) .
8. Verb.  (slang) (intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner, to cruise ''(originally homosexual slang)''. (defdate, from 20th c.) .
9. Verb.  (intransitive, internet slang) In an online community or discussion, to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption. (defdate, from late 20th c.) .
10. Verb.  (context, transitive) By extension, to incite anger (outside of an internet context); to provoke or harass.
11. Verb.  (transitive, internet slang) To be the target of an internet troll.
12. Noun.  An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. (defdate, from circa 1600) .
13. Noun.  (Internet, Internet slang) A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in order to anger other posters and to cause drama, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose. (defdate, from late 20th c.) .
14. Noun.  (Internet) A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc. (defdate, from late 20th c.) .
15. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To move circularly to trundle. (defdate, from the 15th c.) .
16. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way. (defdate, from the 16th c.) .