as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," is the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a nasty troll living beneath it
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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks
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Recent Examples of troll
Ngwa Numfor, New York Times, 16 June 2025
In his post, the New York state Assemblymember criticized online trolls for targeting Duwaji during his mayoral campaign.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 June 2025
Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
Did any of these folks stop to think that perhaps Trump was just trolling them, yet again?
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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Noun
Filing a trademark for a term used by trolls, fresh off a win, is not a bad way to flip the narratives.
—Ngwa Numfor, New York Times, 16 June 2025
In his post, the New York state Assemblymember criticized online trolls for targeting Duwaji during his mayoral campaign.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 June 2025
Verb
But after the Pacers clinched, Haliburton took to social media to savagely troll the Knicks.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
Did any of these folks stop to think that perhaps Trump was just trolling them, yet again?
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troll
Verb
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Authorities searched the Chatfield Reservoir for a missing paddleboarder Monday evening.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
8 July 2025
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As rescuers search for people by air, land and water, officials are warning those in central Texas that the flooding threat is not over.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
7 July 2025
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As a sign of their whimsical and enigmatic nature, TLEs are called all sorts of fantastical names by scientists—elves, trolls, jets and ghosts, for instance.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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However, finding young actors who were not afraid of the dark elf proved challenging during filming.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Scientists have found a new way to cheat the system – which is both ingenious and disturbing.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Senior-level Secret Service officials knew about the potential threat on Trump’s life, though the information was not specific to the July 13 rally or a specific gunman, the report found.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
Noun
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In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Brown and Kountz play Luna and Marvin, a couple who moves to Evergreen Lane with a passion for goblins and ghouls that inspires the whole neighborhood to go all in.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Tell me a little bit about the technical side of filming a dwarf and an elf together.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 Oct. 2022
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Other new characters include Disa, the first female dwarf ever shown in the Lord of the Rings series.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2022
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Troll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troll. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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