Definition of Poll

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Definition of Poll

Poll

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

The head; the back part of the head.

A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.

Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.

The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.

The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).

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.

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.

To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

To impose a tax upon.

To pay as one's personal tax.

To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

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.

To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.

To vote at an election.

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Poll Quotations

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Warren Buffett

A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.
Dennis Miller

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.
Joe Biden

I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.
Dick Cheney

No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party.
Richard J. Daley

Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations.
David R. Brower

There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
Bob Woodward

A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.
Robert Casey

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.
Anthony Holden

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.
Sargent Shriver

Poll Translations

poll in German is Abstimmung {f}
poll in Italian is inchiesta

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