as in searching
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 trolling
But there’s something more than trolling at work, something elemental in the response to Scranton.
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Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Transducer mounting options include trolling motor mounts, turrets, and manual pole mounts.
—Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
Further, Musk is accused of using the litigation as part of a harassment campaign trolling Altman.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Stokes seems to enjoy trolling the media and public a bit, too.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Her third album, Sheezus (2014), saw her trolling her fellow music artists, including rapper Kanye West (Sheezus is a riff on his Yeezus).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Fuentes came of age in an ecosystem of edgelord posting and trolling in-jokes.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Newsom prioritizes trolling Trump over governing.
—FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The city maintains that the lid lifters, besides trolling for batteries and propane tanks, are part of an education program to help residents understand the city’s totally insane trash-sorting rules.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Transducer mounting options include trolling motor mounts, turrets, and manual pole mounts.
—Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
Further, Musk is accused of using the litigation as part of a harassment campaign trolling Altman.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Stokes seems to enjoy trolling the media and public a bit, too.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Her third album, Sheezus (2014), saw her trolling her fellow music artists, including rapper Kanye West (Sheezus is a riff on his Yeezus).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Fuentes came of age in an ecosystem of edgelord posting and trolling in-jokes.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Newsom prioritizes trolling Trump over governing.
—FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The city maintains that the lid lifters, besides trolling for batteries and propane tanks, are part of an education program to help residents understand the city’s totally insane trash-sorting rules.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trolling
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This season, Sugar takes on a new missing persons case, searching for the older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer, while continuing his desperate hunt for his own missing sister.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Always searching, always growing, always going deeper, always chasing things outside his comfort zone.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
1 June 2026
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Both states have passed legislation requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with DHS, and in Florida, even Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers are now scanning Flock cameras to assist ICE.—
Gaby Del Valle,
The Verge,
29 May 2026
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The hamburger chain announced that on National Hamburger Day, Thursday, May 28, Whataburger Rewards members can order a medium order of fries and a medium drink, either online or by scanning the app in-store, and get a free Whataburger.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Trolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trolling. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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