trolled
verb
- 1
To saunter.
- 2
To trundle, to roll from side to side.
- 3
To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.
- 4
(by extension) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait.
- 5
To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
- 6
To fish in; to try to catch fish from.
- 7
To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner.
“He spends most of his waking hours trolling on WIRE.”
- 8
(to post inflammatory material so as) to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption, especially in an online community or discussion
- 9
(by extension) To incite anger (including outside of an Internet context); to provoke, harass or annoy.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To move circularly; to roll; to turn.
- 2
To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
- 3
To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way.
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