as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," is the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a nasty troll living beneath it
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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks
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Recent Examples of troll
Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
But also the trolls who run amok without guardrails or moderation.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Outside of his work at the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has devoted a surprising amount of time to trolling the country.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Florida Politics news site reported that the Hope Florida board was allowing public comment on the program when trolls began to bombard the stream with racist and lewd content.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
But also the trolls who run amok without guardrails or moderation.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
While former players trolling their rivals has become an annual ritual of the NFL Draft, a message (real or fake) from the president is not.
—Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Outside of his work at the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has devoted a surprising amount of time to trolling the country.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is two dozen steps closer to launching Plato, a spacecraft that will search for terrestrial planets outside of our solar system, after the installation of 24 of its 26 cameras.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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The couple searched for someone who could offer something more.—
David Armstrong,
ProPublica,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, as friendships across the kingdoms are strained by the ripple effects of the Dark Lord’s actions, the forces of good — elves, dwarves, men, Harfoots and a wizard named Gandalf (Weyman) — try to valiantly hold on to what matters to them most of all: each other.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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Photograph: Ying Tang/Getty Images While children are told stories about elves and reindeer, the truth is that hundreds of thousands of people work year-round to make sure Christmas feels magical.—
Zeyi Yang,
Wired News,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Authorities said his car was found at the Mount Adams trailhead, while his remains were found on the Allen Mountain Trail.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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And so, just a few months after the call in November 2005, Pegg found himself on the Paramount lot in LA, meeting Cruise for the very first time and shooting scenes for one of the biggest action franchises of all time.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Thousands of visitors showed up dressed as their favorite characters from all parts of pop culture — superheroes and supervillains, wizards, elves, goblins, animals, Ghostbusters, Jedi and Sith, who all are calling Kansas City home base from Friday, March 21, to Sunday, March 23.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Tell me a little bit about the technical side of filming a dwarf and an elf together.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 Oct. 2022
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Other new characters include Disa, the first female dwarf ever shown in the Lord of the Rings series.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2022
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Troll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troll. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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