troll
verb (used with object)
to fish for or in with a moving line, either working the line up or down with a rod as in fishing for pike, or trailing the line behind a slow-moving boat.
is trolling
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present progressiveof troll (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“All for freedom of speech, but what you don’t want is trolling and abuse.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
So I ask: If a troll is trolling no one, can it really be considered trolling?
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2022
And, then, there are those who believe Rodgers is trolling everyone just for fun.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg is trolling Harvard students in a Facebook meme group This story is basically just an aggregation of a great tweet by Taylor Lorenz.
From The Verge ● Nov. 10, 2018
The use of the drop-minnow, which is trolling on a lesser scale, is a killing method employed more in the north of England than elsewhere.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
