DictionaryscrollMove screen content
verb

scroll

SKROHL/skrˈoʊl/

To move displayed text or images across a screen.

She scrolls through the photographs on her phone.

Close view of an adult finger swiping upward on a smartphone displaying stacked landscape pictures, next picture moving into view; no app text, logos or keyboard letters.
Etymology

A written scroll gave its name to showing screen text a few lines at a time.

More examples

  • He scrolls down to the final paragraph.
  • Scroll past the photographs to find the address.

Forms

scroll · scrolls · Scroll

Similar words

swipe
A finger gesture that may cause scrolling.
browse
Look through material without specifying screen movement.