trolled

as inrotate
as insend
as insing
as inbroadcast
as intrawl
as incirculate
as infish

Synonyms for trolled

verb go around in circle

Antonyms for trolled

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "to go about, stroll," later (early 15c.) "roll from side to side, trundle," from Old French troller, a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German trollen "to walk with short steps"), from Proto-Germanic *truzlanan.

Sense of "sing in a full, rolling voice" (first attested 1570s) and that of "fish with a moving line" (c.1600) are both extended technical applications of the general sense of "roll, trundle," the latter perhaps confused with trail or trawl. Figurative sense of "to draw on as with a moving bait, entice, allure" is from 1560s. Meaning "to cruise in search of sexual encounters" is recorded from 1967, originally in homosexual slang.

Example Sentences for trolled

And we had trolled round these fish in every conceivable way.

We trolled on, and all of a sudden raised a school of sailfish.

Then we put on spinners and trolled from the shores by casting.

He whistled and trolled a bit of a song, as if they might sit somewhere in the woods and watch him.

Zircon had been sprawled in the cockpit while Tony trolled for fish.

As he went he trolled an ancient lay of love, and youth was in his step.

Nor am I likely to forget my disappointment when he totally ignored the flying-fish bait we trolled before him.

We did our best to get to the exact spot where he came up, then slowed down and trolled over the place.

Presently he went to the piano and trolled out songs in a rich barytone, playing his own accompaniments.

In the autumn, I trolled and caught those lovely fish, the mackerel.