poll

[ pohl ]

/ poʊl /

noun

a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.

Usually polls. the place where votes are taken.

the registering of votes, as at an election.

the voting at an election.

the number of votes cast.

the numerical result of the voting.

an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting.

poll tax.

a person or individual in a number or list.

the head, especially the part of it on which the hair grows.

the back of the head.

the rear portion of the head of a horse; the nape.

the part of the head between the ears of certain animals, as the horse and cow.

the broad end or face of a hammer.

verb (used with object)

to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of.

to receive at the polls, as votes.

to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting.

to take or register the votes of (persons).

to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote.

to bring to the polls, as voters.

to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal); crop; clip; shear.

to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.).

to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard.

to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle).

verb (used without object)

to vote at the polls; give one's vote.

Origin of poll

1250–1300; Middle English polle (hair of the) head < Middle Low German: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Danish puld, Swedish pull crown of the head

OTHER WORDS FROM poll

poll·a·ble, adjective poll·er, noun re·poll·ing, noun

Words nearby poll

polje, polk, polk, james k., polka, polka dot, poll, poll end, poll evil, poll parrot, poll tax, poll watcher

Example sentences from the Web for polling

They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).

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How the polling firms and the media adjust to new realities also seems to be a rather long arc.

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Where necessary, the commission will provide pens in polling booths that will be routinely sanitized.

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After all, almost everyone with the inclination to vote will show up at a polling place.

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Colorado did away with polling places altogether and went to an all vote-by-mail system.

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His name had not been in nomination until the third polling of the delegates at the national convention.

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I will fling a hint at it from the stump on the polling day.

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Names taken from tombstones in the cemeteries and from the register of births found their way to the polling registers.

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Generally speaking, in the most populous places, the polling was concluded within the two days allowed by the act.

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The day after the polling a farm labourer was asked how he filled up his voting paper.

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British Dictionary definitions for polling (1 of 2)

polling

/ (ˈpəʊlɪŋ) /

noun

the casting or registering of votes at an election
(as modifier)polling day

the conducting of a public opinion poll

computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages

British Dictionary definitions for polling (2 of 2)

poll

/ (pəʊl) /

noun

the casting, recording, or counting of votes in an election; a voting

the result or quantity of such a voting a heavy poll

Also called: opinion poll

a canvassing of a representative sample of a large group of people on some question in order to determine the general opinion of the group
the results or record of such a canvassing

any counting or enumeration a poll of the number of men with long hair

short for poll tax

a list or enumeration of people, esp for taxation or voting purposes

the striking face of a hammer

the occipital or back part of the head of an animal

verb (mainly tr)

to receive (a vote or quantity of votes) he polled 10 000 votes

to receive, take, or record the votes of he polled the whole town

to canvass (a person, group, area, etc) as part of a survey of opinion

mainly US to take the vote, verdict, opinion, etc, individually of each member (of a jury, conference, etc)

(sometimes intr) to cast (a vote) in an election

computing (in data transmission when several terminals share communications channels) to check each channel rapidly to establish which are free, or to call for data from each terminal in turn

to clip or shear

to remove or cut short the horns of (cattle)

Word Origin for poll

C13 (in the sense: a human head) and C17 (in the modern sense: a counting of heads, votes): from Middle Low German polle hair of the head, head, top of a tree; compare Swedish pull crown of the head

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