Troll

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Troll \Troll\, n. [Icel. troll. Cf. {Droll}, {Trull}.] (Scand.
     Myth.)
     A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive
     size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves,
     hills, and like places; a witch.
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     {Troll flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Globeflower}
     (a) .
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       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: {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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 either sense 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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  TROLL
       
          An {array} language for {continuous simulation}, econometric
          modelling or statistical analysis.
       
          ["TROLL Reference Manual", D0062, Info Proc Services, MIT
          (1973-76)].
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)