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• present tense form of troll (3rd person singular).

trolls

Cultural  

1. In Norse mythology, repulsive dwarfs who lived in caves or other hidden places. They would steal children and property but hated noise. The troll in the children's story “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” for example, lives under a bridge and is enraged when he hears the goats crossing the bridge.

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Example Sentences

In true “defend forward” spirit, it can also help cut off foreign trolls and state-backed hackers from what’s needed to run an influence operation, like internet access, servers and accounts.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Why not pretend to dine in a medieval castle in Miracle Mile or look for trolls on a fern-filled hike in Griffith Park?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

"There are always trolls whenever anything goes that big and people are always negative, but overall I've never been called a genius so much in my life."

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

I felt a little envious of the trolls and their simple life.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff