TROLL
What does "TROLL" mean?
A mythical hostile creature of Norse folklore, or a person who provokes others online.
Meanings
- An ugly cave- or mountain-dwelling creature of Scandinavian folklore. In the story, a troll guards the bridge and demands a toll to cross.
- A person who posts deliberately provocative messages online to upset others. Don't feed the troll - replying is exactly what it wants. informal
- To bait or provoke someone, especially on the internet. He trolls every thread he can't win by arguing in good faith. informal
- To fish by trailing a baited line behind a slow-moving boat. They trolled along the shoreline hoping for a strike. technical
Word origin
The folklore sense comes from Old Norse 'troll', a giant or demon. The fishing sense is a separate word, from Old French 'troller', to wander about, and these two unrelated roots later fed the internet sense.
Remember it
A TROLL guards a TOLL bridge - swap the R for the bridge and you get its job.
A little poem
Under the cold bridge,
it waits for a passing foot -
now it waits online.
haiku
Wordplay
- I went fishing and got trolled twice - once by the boat trailing its line, once by the guy mocking my catch from shore.
What it teaches
A bridge-keeper and a comment-keeper share one trade: charging a toll for passage you never owed.
Quick facts
What does TROLL mean?
A mythical hostile creature of Norse folklore, or a person who provokes others online.
Is TROLL a valid word?
Yes — TROLL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TROLL?
TROLL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TROLL come from?
The folklore sense comes from Old Norse 'troll', a giant or demon. The fishing sense is a separate word, from Old French 'troller', to wander about, and these two unrelated roots later fed the internet sense.
What can TROLL teach us?
A bridge-keeper and a comment-keeper share one trade: charging a toll for passage you never owed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.