: to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling
Examples of scroll in a Sentence
Noun
He read from the scroll.
a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it Verb
You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.
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Noun
Underneath that big old Jumbotron, there was a scroll ticker of LED boards.—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 Colorful cookware—from Le Creuset’s signature Flame Dutch oven to Great Jones’ vibrant Blueberry sheet pans to KitchenAid’s iconic stand mixers—is infinitely Instagrammable and guaranteed to stop you mid-scroll.—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
Continue scrolling to explore more functional, stylish, and affordable travel bags available at Target.—Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025 Stock up on your fall decor favorites at Target, and keep scrolling for more of our picks under $40.—Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scroll
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred entry 1
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