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do a little trolling

do a little trolling verb: to cause a significant amount of trouble or mischief.

Verb

do a little trolling (third-person singular simple present does a little trolling, present participle doing a little trolling, simple past did a little trolling, past participle done a little trolling)

  1. (Internet, humorous) To cause a significant amount of trouble or mischief.
    • We like to troll, we like to go the night before one of their primaries, we just, we do a little trolling, it's called we do a little trolling.2020 March 2, Donald Trump, President Trump Rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, via C-SPAN
    • When the 86 civilians, including women and children, are sus so you do a little trolling by burning them alive and take a selfie smiling over their smoldering remains2021 May 30, u/cosmicmangobear, “Fuck David Chipman”, in Reddit, r/PoliticalCompassMemes, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2024

Forms of do a little trolling

third-person singular presentdoes a little trolling
present participledoing a little trolling
pastdid a little trolling
past participledone a little trolling
alternative formdo a little bit of trolling

Origin of do a little trolling

Popularized by a 2020 speech by US president Donald Trump (see quotation below).

Questions about do a little trolling

What does do a little trolling mean?
Do a little trolling means to cause a significant amount of trouble or mischief.
What part of speech is do a little trolling?
Do a little trolling is a verb.
What is the past tense of do a little trolling?
The past tense of do a little trolling is did a little trolling.

Words near do a little trolling in the dictionary

  1. do a bunk
  2. do a flit
  3. do a land-office business
  4. do a listen
  5. do a little bit of trolling
  6. do a little trolling
  7. do a lot of work
  8. do a Melba
  9. do a moonlight flit
  10. do a never
  11. do a number on

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