Define Rick Rolls Meaning

To send someone a link to 80s pop star Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video, making them believe that they're gonna see something completely different. The meme originated in 4chan's /v/ (videogame) board, when the official "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" trailer was coming out on the game's website but couldn't be watched due to heavy traffic. Playing a prank on everyone who was reading, an anonymous 4chaner said that the trailer was on YouTube and posted a link to Astley's song. Since then, the Rick Roll has been made countless times, not only on 4chan but on the whole of the Internet.

to be tricked into clicking a link of a Rick Astley video.

When what you think is a link to something you want to see actually directs you to a video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up." This is common in the WoW community.

an internet phenomenon in which someone provides a link claiming it to be relevant to the topic at hand, only for that link to redirect you to the music video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."

To be fooled by a mislabeled video link that takes you to an extremely 80s video of Rick Astley.

To be tricked, through any method, into clicking a link that takes you to the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up".

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tricking someone to click a link that takes you to Rick Astley's 'Never gonna give you up' music video.

To create a false link that when clicked, links the clicker to a YouTube music video by Rick Astley.

To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley video, commonly used on gaming forums when asked for proof of a game/movie trailer or any other type of video evidence.