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Meaning
Noun
●
A
survey
of people, usually
statistically
analyzed
to
gauge
wider
public opinion.
●
In Democracy:
A
formal
vote
held
in order to
ascertain
the most
popular
choice.
●
In Democracy:
A
polling place
(usually as
plural
,
polling place
s)
●
The result of the
voting
, the total number of
votes
recorded.
●
The
head
,
particularly
the
scalp
or
pate
upon which
hair
(normally) grows.
●
A
mass
of people, a
mob
or
muster
, considered as a
head
count.
●
The
broad
or
butt end
of an
axe
or a hammer.
●
In Gadiforms:
The
pollard
or European
chub
, a
kind of
fish.
●
In Parrots:
A
pet
parrot.
●
In British English & Cambridge University English:
One who does not
try
for
honors
at
university
, but is
content
to take a
degree
merely
; a passman.
Verb
●
To take,
record
the
votes
of (an electorate).
●
To
solicit
mock
votes
from (a person or group).
●
In Democracy:
To
vote
at an election.
●
To
register
or
deposit
, as a
vote
; to
elicit
or
call forth
, as
votes
or
vote
rs.
●
To
cut off
; to
remove
by
clipping
,
shearing
, etc.; to
mow
or crop.
●
To
cut
the
hair
of (a creature).
●
To
remove
the
horns
of (an animal).
●
To
remove
the
top
or
end of
; to
clip
; to lop.
●
In Communication & Computing:
To (repeatedly)
request
the
status
of something (such as a
computer
or
printer
on a network).
●
To be
judged
in a poll.
●
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.
●
In Law:
To
cut
or
shave
smooth
or even; to
cut in
a
straight line
without indentation
Adj
●
Bred without
horns
, and thus hornless.
Name
●
A
diminutive
of the
female
given name
Mary.
●
A common
pet name
for a parrot.
●
A
surname
transferred
from the given name.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
poll
English
pol
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Survey
Vote
Election
Scalp
Pol
Pole
Hummel
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Test
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Voting
Plebiscite
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Tweet
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