: to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling
Examples of scroll in a Sentence
Noun
He read from the scroll.
a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it Verb
You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.
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Noun
Social media - with a never-ending scroll of video and photos - has conditioned the public to expect realistic images in real time.—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 May 2025 The scroll wheel can also function as a third button plus it can be pushed left and right for convenient horizontal scrolling.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Verb
That’s just the beginning, though—keep scrolling for more impressive deals, starting at just $5.—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025 Snag this sell-out risk before it’s gone, then keep scrolling to shop more skincare must-haves from Tower 28’s S.O.S. collection.—Maggie Horton, People.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scroll
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred entry 1
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