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backtroll

backtroll verb: to fish by trolling with the boat's motor in reverse, minimising movement of the boat.

Verb

backtroll (third-person singular simple present backtrolls, present participle backtrolling, simple past and past participle backtrolled)

  1. To fish by trolling with the boat's motor in reverse, minimising movement of the boat.

Forms of backtroll

third-person singular presentbacktrolls
present participlebacktrolling
past participlebacktrolled
pastbacktrolled

Origin of backtroll

From back + troll.

Words formed from backtroll

Questions about backtroll

What does backtroll mean?
Backtroll means to fish by trolling with the boat's motor in reverse, minimising movement of the boat.
What part of speech is backtroll?
Backtroll is a verb.
What is the past tense of backtroll?
The past tense of backtroll is backtrolled.

Words near backtroll in the dictionary

  1. backtranslated
  2. backtranslates
  3. backtranslating
  4. backtranslation
  5. backtranslations
  6. backtroll
  7. backtrolled
  8. backtroller
  9. backtrollers
  10. backtrolling
  11. backtrolls

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