1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a the process of voting at an election. b the counting of votes at an election. c the result of voting. d the number of votes recorded (a heavy poll).
2 GALLUP POLL, opinion poll.
3 a a human head. b the part of this on which hair grows (flaxen poll).
4 a hornless animal, esp. one of a breed of hornless cattle.
--v.
1. tr. a take the vote or votes of. b (in passive) have one's vote taken. c (of a candidate) receive (so many votes). d give (a vote).
2 tr. record the opinion of (a person or group) in an opinion poll.
3 intr. give one's vote.
4 tr. cut off the top of (a tree or plant), esp. make a pollard of.
5 tr. (esp. as polled adj.) cut the horns off (cattle).
6 tr. Computing check the status of (a computer system) at intervals.
Phrases and idioms:
poll tax
1. hist. a tax levied on every adult.
2 community charge.
Derivatives:
pollee n. (in sense 2 of n.). pollster n.
Etymology: ME, perh. f. LG or Du. 2. n. a tame parrot (Pretty poll!).
Phrases and idioms:
poll parrot a user of conventional or clich{eacute}d phrases and arguments.
Etymology: Poll, a conventional name for a parrot, alt. f. Moll, a familiar form of Mary