scroll
/skɹoʊl/ verb C2- To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen. · She scrolled the offending image out of view.· She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph.
- To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically. · The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
- To continuously and aimlessly consume content on social media, especially on websites or apps with a scrolling feed, such as Instagram, TikTok, or X.
- To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read. · Hey, stop scrolling!
He/she/it scrolls · Past scrolled · Past participle scrolled · -ing form scrolling
Verb forms
- Base form
- scroll
- He/she/it
- scrolls
- Past
- scrolled
- Past participle
- scrolled
- -ing form
- scrolling
From the library
The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.
On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:—
In the phone example, the routine is scrolling through social media or reading text messages.
I scroll endlessly through documentaries exploring marine biology, intricate historical dramas, and lighthearted domestic comedies, entirely unable to commit to a single narrative.
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