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# trolling

noun (trolling); verb form of «troll» (troll, trolls, trolled, trolling)

«trolling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (online) Posting rude, mean or upsetting messages on the internet on purpose, to make people angry or to get attention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#m1)
2. (fishing) Fishing by pulling a baited line behind a slowly moving boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#m2)
3. (informal) Teasing someone as a joke: «I'm just trolling you». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#m3)

### In the lessons

Online-safety lessons: trolling is a kind of cyberbullying; the advice is not to reply, block, report and tell an adult. Among friends, «trolling» can be playful teasing, but it can hurt. In fishing, trolling is a normal method. Phrases: «internet trolling», «stop trolling», «don't feed the trolls».

### Examples

- Trolling people online is a form of bullying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x1)
- If someone is trolling you, don't reply – block and report them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x2)
- He was trolling the comments with nasty messages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x3)
- «Are you trolling me?» she laughed when I said school was cancelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x4)
- We went trolling for salmon from Uncle Jim's boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x5)
- The website removed accounts for trolling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/#x6)

### Note

A «troll» online is a person who trolls; in stories, a troll is a monster under a bridge. Different origins: the fishing «troll» and the monster are different words. «Don't feed the trolls» means don't give them the reaction they want.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trolling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trolling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trolling.html) on Mova free.