ALL meanings of poll
poll
P p - abbreviation POLL polly. 1
- verb with object poll to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of. 1
- verb with object poll to receive at the polls, as votes. 1
- verb with object poll to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting. 1
- verb with object poll to take or register the votes of (persons). 1
- verb with object poll to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote. 1
- verb with object poll to bring to the polls, as voters. 1
- verb with object poll to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal); crop; clip; shear. 1
- verb with object poll to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.). 1
- verb with object poll to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard. 1
- verb with object poll to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle). 1
- verb without object poll to vote at the polls; give one's vote. 1
- noun Technical meaning of 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. 1
- noun poll vote, voting 1
- noun poll survey of opinion 1
- transitive verb poll survey opinions 1
- noun plural poll voting in a election 1
- noun poll number of votes cast 1
- transitive verb poll receive votes 1
- countable noun poll A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future. 0
- verb poll If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey. 0
- noun plural poll The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election. 0
- verb poll If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election. 0
- noun poll the casting, recording, or counting of votes in an election; a voting 0
- noun poll the result or quantity of such a voting 0
- noun 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 0
- noun poll the results or record of such a canvassing 0
- noun poll any counting or enumeration 0
- noun poll a list or enumeration of people, esp for taxation or voting purposes 0
- noun poll the striking face of a hammer 0
- noun poll the occipital or back part of the head of an animal 0
- verb poll to receive (a vote or quantity of votes) 0
- verb poll to receive, take, or record the votes of 0
- verb poll to canvass (a person, group, area, etc) as part of a survey of opinion 0
- verb poll to take the vote, verdict, opinion, etc, individually of each member (of a jury, conference, etc) 0
- verb poll to cast (a vote) in an election 0
- verb poll (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 0
- verb poll to clip or shear 0
- verb poll to remove or cut short the horns of (cattle) 0
- noun poll the head; esp., the crown, back, or hair of the head 0
- noun poll an individual person, esp. one among several 0
- noun poll a counting, listing, or register of persons, esp. of voters 0
- noun poll a voting or expression of opinion by individuals 0
- noun poll the amount of voting; number of votes recorded 0
- noun poll a place where votes are cast and recorded 0
- noun poll a canvassing of a selected or random group of people to collect information, or to attempt to discover public opinion 0
- noun poll a report or record of the results of this 0
- noun poll the blunt or flat end, as of an ax 0
- verb transitive poll to cut off or cut short 0
- verb transitive poll to cut off or trim the wool, hair, horns, or branches of; specif., to pollard (a tree) 0