- present participle of scroll.
scrolling
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scrollings
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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.
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Digital Technology. doomscrolling.
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the act of scrolling.
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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
“Sometimes it’s kind of nice to enter a meditative state and not be scrolling on my phone,” he observes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Charlise laughs, scrolling through his Instagram and tagged photos.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
The outline is elegant, and the scrollings delicate.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
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