Definition of SCROLL

scroll

Plural: scrolls

Noun

  • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  • a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
  • A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
  • An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
  • Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
  • 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.
  • The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
  • A skew surface.
  • A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
  • The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
  • A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
  • A turbinate bone.
  • A rough draft of anything.
  • The act of scrolling

Verb

Verb Forms: scrolled, scrolling, scrolls

  • To move text or images across a display screen.
  • move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen
    • "Scroll down to see the entire text"
  • 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.
  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
  • To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
  • To draft; to write in rough outline.

Examples

  • He would SCROLL through the dictionary app, searching for the perfect Words With Friends play.
  • Hey, stop scrolling!
  • I gave the terms and conditions a quick scroll before signing up to the website.
  • I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.
  • She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph.
  • She scrolled the offending image out of view.
  • The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.

Scrabble Score: 8

scroll: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scroll: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scroll: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

scroll: valid Words With Friends Word