poll

IPA: pˈoʊɫ

noun

  • A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
  • A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
  • A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
  • The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
  • (now rare outside veterinary contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
  • (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  • The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  • The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
  • A pet parrot.
  • (UK, dated, Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Mary.
  • A common pet name for a parrot.
  • A surname transferred from the given name.

verb

  • (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  • (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  • (intransitive) To vote at an election.
  • To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
  • To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
  • (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
  • (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
  • To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
  • (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
  • (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
  • (obsolete) To extort from; to plunder; to strip. Especially in conjunction with pill for emphasis.
  • To impose a tax upon.
  • To pay as one's personal tax.
  • To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  • (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation

adjective

  • (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
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Examples of "poll" in Sentences

  • He conjoined to the poll.
  • That is the purpose of the poll.
  • It changed the meaning of the poll.
  • The result in the poll was deleted.
  • Let the poll continue unencumbered.
  • What was the methodology of the poll
  • The wording of this poll is deceptive.
  • The poll is voted by a majority of people.
  • Not the most discerning qualifications for polling.
  • The point of the poll is not to prohibit discussion.
  • Yeah well, this poll is a poll of many polls, polling together in a poll.
  • This poll is about how people perceive the relevant players in light of this particular issue
  • Mr. BROWN: Well, I am a bit surprised, but no that - I'm sure the poll is accurate in terms of what they found.
  • Americans are getting sick of the Party of No. This poll is the first indicator to tell them they are on the wrong track!
  • Although the poll contained no follow-up question to clarify who voters planned to write in, the poll is a good sign for Lisa Murkowski's reelection bid.
  • That's the same percentage of Americans who are unaware it takes Earth one year to orbit the sun, so perhaps this poll is about as meaningful as a bowl full of tea leaves.
  • If this poll is accurate and was not a "push-poll" format, the results say quite a bit about the lack of serious thought most Americans give to the background, experience, and character that we require for those who aspire to the office of the Presidency -- much more than it says anything whatsoever about Ms. Palin.

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