devil vs troll

devil

noun
  • A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child. 

  • A barren, unproductive and unused area. 

  • A Tasmanian devil. 

  • A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works". 

  • A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. 

  • A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior. 

  • A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil. 

  • A dust devil. 

  • A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. 

  • An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated. 

  • An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. 

  • The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel. 

  • Hell. 

  • A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do. 

verb
  • To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition. 

  • To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served. 

  • To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 

  • To annoy or bother. 

  • To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. 

  • To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments. 

name
  • The chief devil; Satan. 

troll

noun
  • A person who posts or says inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages to provoke others on the Internet for their own personal amusement or to manipulate others' perception. 

  • An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. 

  • The act of moving round; routine; repetition. 

  • A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round. 

  • An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences. 

  • A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. 

  • Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops. 

verb
  • To trundle, to roll from side to side. 

  • To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait. 

  • To saunter. 

  • To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait. 

  • To fish in; to try to catch fish from. 

  • To post or make inflammatory or insincere statements so as to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate others' perception, especially in an online community or discussion. 

  • To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner. 

  • To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure. 

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