™ / ˈgæləp pəʊl; NAmE poʊl/ noun
a way of finding out public opinion by asking a typical group of people questions
ORIGIN: From G H Gallup, who invented it.
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WORD ORIGIN
1940s: named after George H. Gallup (1901–84), the American statistician who devised the method.