(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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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
<noun.communication> they enjoyed singing rounds
a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
<noun.artifact> he used a spinner as his troll
angling by drawing a baited line through the water
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circulate, move around
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cause to move round and round
<verb.motion> The child trolled her hoop
sing the parts of (a round) in succession
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angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
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sing loudly and without inhibition
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praise or celebrate in song
<verb.communication> All tongues shall troll you
speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
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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.
{Troll flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Globeflower} (a) .
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.
To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. --Milton.
2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
Then doth she troll to the bowl. --Gammer Gurton's Needle.
Troll the brown bowl. --Sir W. Scott.
3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
Will you troll the catch ? --Shak.
His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. --Hudibras.
4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
With patient angle trolls the finny deep. --Goldsmith.
Troll \Troll\, v. i. 1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
2. To move rapidly; to wag. --F. Beaumont.
3. To take part in trolling a song.
4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.
Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish. --Bancroft.
Troll \Troll\, n. 1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. --Burke.
2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
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.
3. A trolley.
{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.
EFS, based in Farmingdale, N.Y., said in the suit that in 1982 it obtained the exclusive right in North America to license and distribute the Norfin troll doll, created by a Danish artist.
But Bruce Prager, her boss and owner of Budrich Service Co., says he didn't think it inappropriate to ask an employee to troll for potential dates.