poll

1. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
2. A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice. · The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
3. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places). · The polls close at 8 p.m.
4. The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
5. The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
6. A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
7. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
8. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

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