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Definition of 'scroll'English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en-noun)
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
(architecture) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
(geometry) a skew surface.
Verb
( en-verb)
(computing) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
- She scrolled the offending image out of view.
To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
- The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
(internet) 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 !
* 1998 , "rOOth", Brain's chat'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.queen )
- It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl(SIC) could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.
Derived terms
* overscroll
* scrollbar, scroll bar
* scroll lock
* scroll wheel
* side scroller
English ergative verbs
Similar to 'scroll'serial, surreal, scrawl, shrill, sorrel, swirl, skirl, sorel, sharwal, seryl, schorl, skrill, serail, seral, shorl, sural, shirl, saurel
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