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Definition of poll - 12 dictionary results
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poll

1  [pohl]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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).
–verb (used without object)
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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poll

2  [pol]
–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.
Origin:
1785–95; appar. < Gk polloí, in hoi polloí the many; see poly-

poll

3  [pol]
–noun
polly.

pass degree

 
–noun
(in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.
Also called poll, poll degree.

Origin:
1910–15

pol⋅ly

  [pol-ee]
–noun, plural -lies.
a tame parrot.
Also called poll, poll parrot.

Origin:
generic use of Polly
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poll   (pōl)   
n.  

  1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.

  2. The number of votes cast or recorded.

  3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.

  4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.

  5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.

  6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.

v.   polled, poll·ing, polls

v.   tr.

  1. To receive (a given number of votes).

  2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.

  3. To cast (a vote or ballot).

  4. To question in a survey; canvass.

  5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.

  6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.

v.   intr.
To vote at the polls in an election.

[Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.]
poll'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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).

Polly 
fem. proper name, a rhyming collateral form of Molly, pet form of Mary.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1poll
Pronunciation: 'pOl
Function: noun
: the head or a part of it; especially : the region between the ears of somequadrupeds (as a horse)

Main Entry: 2poll
Function: transitive verb
: to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle)

Main Entry: 3poll
Function: adjective
: having no horns
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

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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