Usually means: Provokes online by posting inflammatory content.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. troll: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. troll, troll: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. troll, troll: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. troll: Collins English Dictionary
  5. troll: Vocabulary.com
  6. Troll, troll: Wordnik
  7. troll: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Troll, troll: Wiktionary
  9. troll: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. troll: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. troll: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. troll: Dictionary.com
  13. troll (n.), troll (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. troll: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. The Troll, Troll (Artemis Fowl), Troll (Discworld), Troll (Dungeons & Dragons), Troll (EP), Troll (Harry Potter), Troll (Internet), Troll (Marvel Comics), Troll (Middle-earth), Troll (Norwegian band), Troll (Swedish band), Troll (Youngblood), Troll (album), Troll (angling), Troll (automobile), Troll (band), Troll (comics), Troll (disambiguation), Troll (film), Troll (gay), Troll (gay slang), Troll (internet), Troll (movie), Troll (research station), Troll: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Troll: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. troll: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. troll: Rhymezone
  19. Troll: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. troll: Free Dictionary
  21. troll: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. troll: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. troll: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Warhammer Dwarven Word List (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. TROLL, troll: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. troll: Netlingo
  3. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. Technopedia (No longer online)
  6. Troll (disambiguation), troll: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TROLL: Acronym Finder
  2. troll: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. troll, troll, troll: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. troll: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Troll: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  4. The Troll: A Seattle Lexicon
  5. T.R.O.L.L, The Troll: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. troll: Master Mariner
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (originally Scandinavian mythology, now European folklore, fantasy), a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  (derogatory, informal) 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.
noun:  (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
noun:  (astronomy, meteorology) 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.
verb:  Senses relating to a rolling motion.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
verb:  (obsolete) Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or roll in like a stream.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
verb:  To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
verb:  (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
verb:  (obsolete) Followed by in: to flow or roll in like a stream.
verb:  Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
verb:  (music, archaic) To sing the parts of (a catch, round, or similar song) in succession; also (generally), to sing (a song) freely or in a carefree way, or loudly.
verb:  (obsolete) To pass (something, specifically a bowl or other communal drinking vessel) from one person to another; to circulate, to send about.
verb:  (archaic) Of bells: to ring a sequence of tones in a resounding manner.
verb:  (music, archaic) Of a person: to sing the parts of a catch, round, or similar song in succession; also (generally), to sing freely or in a carefree way, or loudly.
verb:  (music, archaic) 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.
verb:  (obsolete) Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink inside it: to be passed around from one person to another.
verb:  Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
verb:  To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
verb:  (obsolete) To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking.
verb:  To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
verb:  (obsolete) To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag.
verb:  Senses relating to fishing.
verb:  (fishing) 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 sense 6.1)).
verb:  (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
verb:  (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
verb:  (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
verb:  Senses relating to "fishing" for a reaction.
verb:  (figurative, originally Internet slang) 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.
verb:  (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
verb:  (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
noun:  An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
noun:  (fishing)
noun:  An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
noun:  A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
noun:  (figurative, originally Internet slang) 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.
noun:  (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
noun:  (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  A small wheel; specifically (fishing), the reel or winch of a fishing line.
noun:  (except British, dialectal) A trolley.
noun:  (slang) a native or resident of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan

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