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jylistä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buller verb To boil, bubble, or seethe noisily (dialectal, chiefly Scots).
  • troll noun In folklore, a large, often ugly supernatural creature living in caves, hills, or under bridges.

Senses

jylistä is used for these senses in English:

  • buller To make a lot of noise.
  • troll (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun sense 8.1)).

troll — full definition

  1. noun In folklore, a large, often ugly supernatural creature living in caves, hills, or under bridges.
  2. verb To post deliberately provocative or inflammatory comments online to upset people or derail a discussion.
  3. noun Someone who posts such deliberately provocative content online.
  4. verb To fish by trailing a baited line behind a slowly moving boat.
  5. noun A person who deliberately posts inflammatory, off-topic or provocative messages online to upset people or derail a discussion, typically for their own amusement.

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