scrolling

American

[skrohl-ing] / ˈskroʊl ɪŋ /

noun

Digital Technology. the act or process of viewing a continuous selection of text, images, etc., on a screen by moving the display vertically or horizontally.
Digital Technology. doomscrolling.
the act of scrolling.

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scrollings

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scrolling scrollings

Once while scrolling, she stopped to admire pictures of a garden on her feed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

This era of scrolling alone has, as Putnam halfway predicted, coincided with a rise in asocial extremism.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Medina herself discovered a restock of the Tags while scrolling TikTok and thinking about the product.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Keep scrolling to beat all three of BBC Sport's daily quizzes, including our brand new Brainteaser question.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I’d been scrolling around online for an hour looking for a dress for an event I had in a few weeks, and absolutely nothing looked right.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The outline is elegant, and the scrollings delicate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various

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