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troll [1] verb (t) 1. to sing or utter in a full, rolling voice. 2. to sing in the manner of a round or catch. 3. to fish by trolling. 4. to move (the line or bait) in doing this. 5. to cause to turn round and round; roll. 6. Obsolete to pass from one to another, as a bowl of drink at table. -- verb (i) 7. to sing with a full, rolling voice; give forth full, rolling tones. 8. to be uttered or sounded in such tones. 9. to fish with a moving line, as one worked up and down in fishing for pike with a rod, or one trailed behind a boat. 10. to roll; turn round and round. 11. Obsolete to move nimbly, as the tongue in speaking. -- noun 12. a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round. 13. the act of trolling. 14. a lure used in trolling for fish. 15. the fishing line containing the lure and hook for use in trolling. [ME trollen roll, stroll, from OF troller, from MHG trollen ] -- troller, noun |
