1. [n]  (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
2. [v]  speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
3. [v]  praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"
4. [v]  sing loudly and without inhibition
5. [v]  angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
6. [v]  sing the parts of (a round) in succession
7. [v]  cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"
8. [v]  circulate, move around

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1. \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) .
   

2. \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.
   

3. \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.
   

4. \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.
   

1. An array language for continuous simulation, econometric modelling or statistical analysis.

   ["TROLL Reference Manual", D0062, Info Proc Services, MIT (1973-76)].

2. 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.