poll
[pəʊl]
n
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
vb
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
to take the vote, verdict, opinion, etc, individually of each member (of a jury, conference, etc)
to cast (a vote) in an election
(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)
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