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Scroll

/skɹoʊl/

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

📖 Definitions of "Scroll"

noun
  1. 1

    A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

  2. 2

    An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

  3. 3

    Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.

  4. 4

    A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.

verb
  1. 1

    To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.

    "She scrolled the offending image out of view."

  2. 2

    To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.

    "The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen."

  3. 3

    To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.

    "Hey, stop scrolling!"

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