round vs troll

round

noun
  • A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. 

  • A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. 

  • A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges. 

  • A circular or spherical object or part of an object. 

  • A general outburst from a group of people at an event. 

  • A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair. 

  • In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course. 

  • A circular dance. 

  • Rotation, as in office; succession. 

  • A circular or repetitious route. 

  • A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot. 

  • One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop. 

  • A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting. 

  • An assembly; a group; a circle. 

  • A round-top. 

  • A round of beef. 

  • A single individual portion or dose of medicine. 

  • A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group. 

  • A stage in a competition. 

  • A stage or level of a game. 

  • The hindquarters of a bovine. 

  • A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. 

  • A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. 

  • The play after each deal. 

  • A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes. 

  • A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution. 

  • A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time. 

  • One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling). 

adj
  • Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves. 

  • Complete, whole, not lacking. 

  • Large in magnitude. 

  • Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. 

  • Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction. 

  • Plump. 

  • Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct. 

  • Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person. 

  • Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. 

  • Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style. 

  • Vaulted. 

  • Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing. 

  • Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded. 

verb
  • To go round, pass, go past. 

  • To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. 

  • To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number. 

  • To shape something into a curve. 

  • To turn past a boundary. 

  • To advance to home plate. 

  • To encircle; to encompass. 

  • To turn and attack someone or something (used with on). 

  • To do ward rounds. 

  • To become shaped into a curve. 

  • To finish; to complete; to fill out. 

troll

noun
  • The act of moving round; routine; repetition. 

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

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

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

  • 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. 

  • 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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