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poll noun 1 (polls) a political election • another Tory disaster at the polls. 2 the voting or votes cast at an election • a heavy poll. 3 (also opinion poll) a survey of public opinion carried out by directly questioning a representative sample of the populace. 4 old use the head. verb (polled, polling) 1 to win (a number of votes) in an election • He polled three votes at the by-election and lost his deposit. 2 to register the votes of (a population). 3 tr & intr to cast (one's vote). 4 to conduct an opinion poll among (people, a specified group, etc) • We polled 300 voters to find out their favourite coffee. 5 to cut off the horns of (cattle). 6 to cut the top off (a tree).
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as polle, meaning 'the hair of the head'.
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