Definition of "rickroll" [rickroll]

• To coax one into clicking on a hyperlink which leads to something other than what is claimed, originating with YouTube videos of Rick Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up. (verb)
• To harass with misleading hyperlinks of this kind. (verb)

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• "It is sort of a sophisticated "rickroll," if you know what I mean."
• "Before he became the infamous 'rickroll'd' internet phenomenon."
• "I'd almost say that this is some kind of rickroll, but why would someone go through the trouble for such an unknown series, let alone find its raws?"