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
Verb
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As police were searching for a suspect inside the Islamic center, dispatchers got calls that a landscaper may have been shot at blocks away, Wahl said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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This was not an adequate explanation, and the woman was now looking back over her shoulder, as if searching for help.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Gonce would call and call, scanning the street, her mind racing.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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The Kansas City Chiefs' 2026-2027 schedule dropped on May 14 and Swifties are already scanning the calendar — including ticket sites — for home games as the superstar eyes a potential return to Arrowhead Stadium for a fourth season.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Trolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trolling. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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