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poll1 
[pohl] Pronunciation Key
—Related forms
[pohl] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | Usually, polls. the place where votes are taken. |
| 3. | the registering of votes, as at an election. |
| 4. | the voting at an election. |
| 5. | the number of votes cast. |
| 6. | the numerical result of the voting. |
| 7. | an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting. |
| 8. | poll tax. |
| 9. | a person or individual in a number or list. |
| 10. | the head, esp. the part of it on which the hair grows. |
| 11. | the back of the head. |
| 12. | the rear portion of the head of a horse; the nape. |
| 13. | the part of the head between the ears of certain animals, as the horse and cow. |
| 14. | the broad end or face of a hammer. |
| 15. | to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of. |
| 16. | to receive at the polls, as votes. |
| 17. | to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting. |
| 18. | to take or register the votes of (persons). |
| 19. | to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote. |
| 20. | to bring to the polls, as voters. |
| 21. | to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal); crop; clip; shear. |
| 22. | to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.). |
| 23. | to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard. |
| 24. | to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle). |
| 25. | to vote at the polls; give one's vote. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME polle (hair of the) head < MLG: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Dan puld, Sw pull crown of the head]
] —Related forms
poll·a·ble, adjective
poller, noun
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poll2
[pol] Pronunciation Key
[pol] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | (esp. at Cambridge University, England) |
| 2. | the body of students who read for or obtain a degree without honors. |
| 3. | Also called poll degree. pass degree. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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| poll
(pōl) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. polled, poll·ing, polls v. tr.
v. intr. To vote at the polls in an election. [Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.] poll'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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poll
c.1290, polle "hair of the head," from M.L.G. or M.Du. pol "head, top." Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from notion of "counting heads;" meaning "survey of public opinion" is first recorded 1902. The verb meaning "to take the votes of" also is first recorded 1625. Pollster is 1939. A deed poll "deed executed by one party only," is from earlier verbal meaning "cut the hair of," because the deed was cut straight rather than indented (see indent).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| poll | |
noun | |
| 1. | an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
| 2. | the top of the head [syn: pate] |
| 3. | the part of the head between the ears |
| 4. | a tame parrot |
| 5. | the counting of votes (as in an election) |
verb | |
| 1. | get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions |
| 2. | vote in an election at a polling station |
| 3. | get the votes of |
| 4. | convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" |
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
poll
To check the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.
Contrast interrupt.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.
2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: "I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone; he must be swapped out."
3. To ask. "Lunch? I poll for a takeout order daily."
poll
v.,n.1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.
2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: "I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone; he must be swapped out."
3. To ask. "Lunch? I poll for a takeout order daily."
Jargon File 4.2.0
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Poll
Poll\, n. [From Polly, The proper name.] A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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Poll
Poll\, n. [Gr. ? the many, the rabble.] One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ., Eng.]
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Poll
Poll\, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.]1. The head; the back part of the head. "All flaxen was his poll." --Shak. 2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals. We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands. --Shak. The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak. 3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election. 4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll. All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. --Blackstone. 5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls. 6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax. 7. (Zo["o]l.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a) . Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an election. Poll evil (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck. Poll pick (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end, forming a kind of crowbar. Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation tax.
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Poll
Poll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polled; p. pr. & vb. n. Polling.]1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. When he [Absalom] pollled his head. --2 Sam. xiv. 26. His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. --Sir T. North. 2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass. Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he had decreed That all the counsels of their war he would poll off like it. --Chapman. 3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.] Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise. --Spenser. 4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.] 5. To pay as one's personal tax. The man that polled but twelve pence for his head. --Dryden. 6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms. --Milton. 7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent. And poll for points of faith his trusty vote. --Tickell. 8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee? poll. --Burrill. To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.
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Poll
Poll\, v. i. To vote at an election. --Beaconsfield.
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