POLL
WordNet
noun
(1) The counting of votes (as in an election)
(2) A tame parrot
(3) The part of the head between the ears
(4) The top of the head
(5) An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
verb
(6) Convert into a pollard
"Pollard trees"
(7) Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
(8) Get the votes of
(9) Vote in an election at a polling station
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Etymology 1
From , from or . Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from notion of "counting heads"
Noun
- An election or a survey of a particular group.
- The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
- The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
- a place voters cast ballots
- The polls close at 8 p.m.
- Hair
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ...the doctor, as if to hear better, had taken off his powdered wig, and sat there, looking very strange indeed with his own close-cropped black poll.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The head, especially the top of it.
- 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind
- And you might perceive the president and general manager, Mr. R. G. Atterbury, with his priceless polished poll, busy in the main office room dictating letters..
- 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind