Troll : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Troll	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Troll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
troll n (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains 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" Synonym(s): round, troll a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll" angling by drawing a baited line through the water Synonym(s): troll, trolling v circulate, move around cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop" sing the parts of (a round) in succession angle with a hook and line drawn through the water sing loudly and without inhibition praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you" speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 [bd]Laughter, holding both his sides,[b8] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Troll \Troll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trolling}.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr[93]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.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
troll v.,n. 1. [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. 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 the 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." 3. [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}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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 (15Feb98) [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)