troll2
/trōl/
noun
noun: troll; plural noun: trolls
1.
a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
2.
a line or bait used in trolling for fish.
verb
1.
make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
"if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"
2.
carefully and systematically search an area for something.
"a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"
fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.
verb: troll; 3rd person present: trolls; past tense: trolled; past participle: trolled; gerund or present participle: trolling
"we trolled for mackerel"