troll

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

troll [troll trolls trolled trolling] noun, verb BrE [trɒl] BrE [trəʊl] NAmE [troʊl]
noun
1. (in Scandinavian stories) a creature that looks like an ugly person. Some trolls are very large and evil, others are small and friendly but like to trick people.
2. (informal)a message to a discussion group on the Internet that sb deliberately sends to make other people angry; a person who sends a message like this

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 Old Norse Swedish troll Danish trold English Scandinavian v. and n. sense 2 late Middle English ‘stroll, roll’ Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’
 
verb
1. intransitive ~ (for sth) (especially NAmE)to catch fish by pulling a line with ↑bait on it through the water behind a boat
2. transitive, intransitive (informal)to search for or try to get sth
•~ sth for sth He trolled the Internet for advice on the disease.
•~ for sth Both candidates have been trolling for votes.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 Old Norse Swedish troll Danish trold English Scandinavian v. and n. sense 2 late Middle English ‘stroll, roll’ Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trolling, round