troll



troll

1. n. an ugly person; a grouchy person. Gee, that dame is a real troll. What’s her problem?
2. n. an internet user who sends inflammatory or provocative messages designed to elicit negative responses or start a flame-war. (As a fisherman trolls for an unsuspecting fish.) Don’t answer those silly messages. Some troll is just looking for an argument.
3. n. a message sent by a troll (sense 2). Every time I get a troll, I just delete it.

troll booth

n. a (highway) toll booth. There’s another troll booth up ahead!
See also: troll

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tzafrir-Hebrew
StephenSTEEV-ən (English), STEF-ən (English)English, Biblical
Dragica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
EdvinED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Fahmida-Urdu
KoraKO-rahGerman