trolling

English

English Wikipedia has articles on:

trolling (provocation) and trolling (fishing)

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒlɪŋ/, /ˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ

Verb

trolling

1. present participle and gerund of troll

Noun

trolling (plural trollings)

1. The act of one who trolls (in various senses of provoking others).
2. 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

• concern-trolling
• do a little bit of trolling
• do a little trolling
• patent trolling
• self-trolling
• trolling-rod

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, trollerka f 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) Polish: trolling (pl) m 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.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

trolling

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trolling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.liŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔliŋk
• Syllabification: tro‧lling

Noun

trolling m inan

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Internet slang) trolling (act of a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online)

   Synonym: trollerka

2. (fishing) trolling (fishing technique in which one or more baited fishing lines are dragged by a moving boat)

Declension

Declension of trolling

	singular
nominative	trolling
genitive	trollingu
dative	trollingowi
accusative	trolling
instrumental	trollingiem
locative	trollingu
vocative	trollingu

Related terms

nouns

• troll
• trollerka

verbs

• strollować pf
• trollować impf

Further reading

• trolling at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego