Poll
/pɔl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Poll
noun
- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- A formal election.
"The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
"The polls close at 8 p.m."
- (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
verb
- To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- To vote at an election.
- To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
"He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent."
- To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
"to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"
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