sing vs troll

sing

verb
  • To soothe with singing. 

  • To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent. 

  • To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung. 

  • To confess under interrogation. 

  • In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse. 

  • To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate. 

  • To produce any type of melodious vocalisation. 

  • To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. 

  • To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. 

  • To make a small, shrill sound. 

  • To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique. 

  • To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry. 

noun
  • The act, or event, of singing songs. 

troll

verb
  • To saunter. 

  • To trundle, to roll from side to side. 

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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 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. 

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