trolling
noun (trolling); verb form of «troll» (troll, trolls, trolled, trolling)
Everyday
- (online) Posting rude, mean or upsetting messages on the internet on purpose, to make people angry or to get attention. tree →
- (fishing) Fishing by pulling a baited line behind a slowly moving boat. tree →
- (informal) Teasing someone as a joke: «I'm just trolling you». tree →
In the lessons
Online-safety lessons: trolling is a kind of cyberbullying; the advice is not to reply, block, report and tell an adult. Among friends, «trolling» can be playful teasing, but it can hurt. In fishing, trolling is a normal method. Phrases: «internet trolling», «stop trolling», «don't feed the trolls».
Examples
- Trolling people online is a form of bullying. tree →
- If someone is trolling you, don't reply – block and report them. tree →
- He was trolling the comments with nasty messages. tree →
- «Are you trolling me?» she laughed when I said school was cancelled. tree →
- We went trolling for salmon from Uncle Jim's boat. tree →
- The website removed accounts for trolling. tree →
Note
A «troll» online is a person who trolls; in stories, a troll is a monster under a bridge. Different origins: the fishing «troll» and the monster are different words. «Don't feed the trolls» means don't give them the reaction they want.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «trolling» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «trolling» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/trolling/