to do a little trolling
- phrasal verb
- Slang
:
hacer un poco de trolling
- Occasionally, he likes to do a little trolling in comment sections just to see people's reactions.
Examples
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They sometimes do a little trolling on social media for entertainment.
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She admitted she would do a little trolling when she was bored at work.
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Don't do a little trolling on social media!
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I love to do a little trolling during my free time.
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Occasionally, he likes to do a little trolling in comment sections just to see people's reactions.
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She admitted she would do a little trolling when she was bored at work.
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They sometimes do a little trolling on social media for entertainment.
Synonyms
35
6.8
To post messages to annoy or upset people online
25
3.9
To make jokes about someone to make them look silly
4
3.1
Do small tricks to surprise or make someone laugh
Laugh at someone or treat something serious as a joke
Antonyms
How Harmful
- Offensive
302
4.0
- Offensive
35
6.8
- Slang
245
1.9
- Informal
40
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'do' (perform) + 'a little' (a small amount) + 'trolling' (the activity of posting provocative messages) yields 'perform a small amount of trolling'. This follows a common verb + quantifier + noun pattern and is readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
Do a little trolling comes from a fishing image: one popular story says the word 'troll' meant dragging bait behind a boat to catch fish. Online, people leave a small bait message and wait for others to 'bite', so trolling means 'to provoke or annoy' people for fun.