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Added 9 October 2026

scroll

/skɹəʊl/ noun

In Latin: volūmen Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about scroll at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

verb

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.
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.

Origin

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.

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