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Troll   /troʊl/   Listen
Troll

noun
1.
(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains.
2.
A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time.  Synonym: round.
3.
A fisherman's lure that is used in trolling.
4.
Angling by drawing a baited line through the water.  Synonym: trolling.



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"Troll" Quotes from Famous Books



... blithe and young; Many and strange were the lays he sung; But Harold neither had gold nor fee— His wealth was his harp o' the forest tree; And little he reck'd, as he troll'd his lay— 'Clouds come over ...
— Grace Darling - Heroine of the Farne Islands • Eva Hope
... exhilarating motion of the little steamer. Why, here is material, thought King, for a troupe of bacchantes, lighthearted leaders of a summer festival. What charming girls, quick of wit, dashing in repartee, who can pick the strings, troll a song, and dance ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress and troll the tongue and ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 • Various
... at once, slipped quietly in after sundown, and took ship and prize with a rush, killing and throwing overboard such as resisted. In Sweden mothers hushed their crying children with his dreaded name; on the sea they came near to thinking him a troll, so sudden and unexpected were his onsets. But there was no witchcraft about it. He sailed swiftly because he was a skilled sailor and because he missed no opportunity to have the bottom of his ship scraped and greased. And when on board, pistol and ...
— Hero Tales of the Far North • Jacob A. Riis


Words linked to "Troll" :   music, mythical creature, fisherman's lure, folklore, sing, verbalize, utter, verbalise, talk, angle, circulate, circle, angling, wheel, mythical monster, Scandinavia, speak, praise, partsong, mouth, fish lure, roll


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