scroll

verb

scrolled; scrolling; scrolls

intransitive verb

1

: to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll

2

: to progress, move, or be revealed as if by the unrolling of a scroll

… watch scenery scroll by large picture windows.

—David Yeadon

transitive verb

: to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling

Examples of scroll in a Sentence

You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.

Recent Examples on the Web

Keep scrolling to discover more outdoor kitchens that caught our eye. —Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026

Riddled with postpartum anxiety, with a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old on either hip, Kristin Gallant, of the viral brand Big Little Feelings, remembers looking around her neighborhood and scrolling social media for a clue. —Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 7 June 2026

Keep scrolling to start the season strong with ’90s-but-better jelly mules, cute lightweight dresses, and a sling bag that’s about to become your water bottle’s new best friend. —Annie Blackman, InStyle, 6 June 2026

Keep scrolling for more detailed explanations on why. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing scroll

• scroll bar
• scroll saw

Rhymes for scroll

• bole
• bowl
• coal
• droll
• foal
• goal
• hole
• knoll
• kol
• mole
• noll
• nolle

Kids Definition

scroll

1 of 2 noun

ˈskrōl 

1

: a roll of paper or animal skin that has been prepared as a writing surface

especially : one on which something is written or engraved

2

: an ornament resembling a loosely or partly rolled scroll

scroll

2 of 2 verb

: to move (as text or graphics) up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll