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
Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
That bull sharks swim up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico and occasionally troll the waters.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 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
Michael Bay on his supercharged new action film Ambulance
HBO trolls its own HBO Max name change with 'Friends,' 'Euphoria' memes
Gerasimov uploaded the first entry of the sprawling Skibidi Toilet series to his channel in February 2023.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
That bull sharks swim up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico and occasionally troll the waters.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Verb
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Tom then searches for incriminating files which are, naturally, encrypted.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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Around 24 rescuers and a drone team searched until 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 17.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Thor: The Dark World' (2013) Chris Hemsworth’s thunder god has a sequel that’s a blender of familiar fantasy tropes as Thor and love interest Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) have to deal with a dark elf with an Infinity Stone.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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In contrast, Tolkien imagined elves as elegant and refined, while humans had the capacity to be as barbaric as orcs, or as noble as elves.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Search crews found Phillips’ Jeep crushed into the mud, but have not recovered the fire chief’s body after more than two weeks of searching.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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As Cincinnati city leaders consider new ways to enforce the curfew for youth who stay out too late, an Enquirer review of data found police across Hamilton County have been steadily filing fewer curfew violations over the past 25 years.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
25 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
Noun
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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 30 Jul. 2025.
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