trolling

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tɹɒlɪŋ/, /tɹəʊlɪŋ/
(US) IPA^(key): /tɹoʊlɪŋ/
Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ

Verb

trolling

present participle and gerund of troll

Noun

trolling (plural trollings)

The act of one who trolls (in various senses).
A fishing technique in which one or more baited fishing lines are dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trawling, which drags a net.

Derived terms

Translations

an instance of trolling - provoking others

Belarusian: тро́лінг m (trólinh)
Bulgarian: тро́линг m (tróling)
Catalan: trol (ca) m
Czech: trollování (cs) n
Finnish: trollaus (fi)
French: trollage (fr) m
German: Trollen (de) n
Greek: τρολάρισμα (el) n (trolárisma)
Japanese: トローリング (torōringu), 荒らし (ja) (あらし, arashi)
Korean: 트롤링 (teurolling)
Polish: trolling (pl) m
Portuguese: trolagem (pt) f, trolada f
Russian: тро́ллинг (ru) m (trólling)
Spanish: trollaje m, troleo (es) m, troleada (es) f
Ukrainian: тро́лінг m (trólinh)

fishing technique

French: pêche à la traîne f
Italian: traina (it) f
Japanese: トローリング (torōringu)
Portuguese: corrico m, pesca de corrico f
Spanish: pesca al curricán f, pesca a la cacea f

References

“trolling”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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