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



  1. 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.
  2. a place voters cast ballots
    The polls close at 8 p.m.
  3. 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.
  4. 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..
 
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