EGAVE

troll

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Meaning

  1. noun a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A type of diminutive supernatural being; a dwarf.
  3. noun An ugly or unpleasant person.
  4. noun An ugly or unpleasant person.
  5. noun An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
  6. noun A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
  7. verb Senses relating to a rolling motion. To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle. Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or roll in like a stream. To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl. To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll. Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”). Followed by in: to flow or roll in like a stream.
  8. verb To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle. Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or roll in like a stream.

Similar words

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Word family

trolled troller trollers trolling trollings trolls

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