poll

IPA: pˈoʊɫ

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.

(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

(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Examples of "poll" in Sentences

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.