rickroll

To post a misleading link with a subject that promises to be exciting or interesting, e.g. "World of Starcraft in-game footage!" or "Paris Hilton blows Busta Rhymes' dick" but actually turns out to be the video for Rick Astley's debut single, "Never Gonna Give You Up". A variant on the duckroll. Allegedly hilarious.

...so instead of getting to beat off to footage of Ann Coulter getting raped by hyenas, I got rickrolled. What a day!

by Pinhead Rebozo May 14, 2007

rickroll

To disguise a link to a video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up." Popularized from excessive use on 4chan and certain Internet gaming forums.

After being rickrolled for the third time that day, Dave was dismayed to find that he had actually learned the words to the song.

by Uncle Steve Mk II May 14, 2007

rickroll

1. what your math teacher does on april fools day
2. when somebody plays never gonna give u up

i had to rickroll you guys

by cristithepoop April 05, 2022

rickroll

Tricking someone on the internet into watching "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up" via links through the internet. Usually masked as a youtube link, noting something completely unrelated to the video.

Awwww damn it, this is the third time i've been rickroll'd today!

by Moop77 May 15, 2007

rickroll

The act of tricking someone into clicking a YouTube or other video link to the music video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Man, I clicked on the link thinking it'd be a movie about the new Starcraft, but I got rickrolled.

by Tigrael May 21, 2007

rickroll

to be shown a video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" through a sly or not-so-sly link to a video on popular video sharing sites.

Haha! Great job disguising that rickroll!

by Packless May 13, 2007

rickroll

When someone shows the iconic song "never gonna give you up"

if you read this you got rickrolled noob get rickroll

by pseudonym ツ October 21, 2020