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Definitions for Polling

[1] a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
[2] Usually polls. the place where votes are taken.
[3] the registering of votes, as at an election.
[4] the voting at an election.
[5] the number of votes cast.
[6] the numerical result of the voting.
[7] an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting.
[8] poll tax.
[9] a person or individual in a number or list.
[10] the head, especially the part of it on which the hair grows.
[11] the back of the head.
[12] the rear portion of the head of a horse; the nape.
[13] the part of the head between the ears of certain animals, as the horse and cow.
[14] the broad end or face of a hammer.
[15] to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of.
[16] to receive at the polls, as votes.
[17] to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting.
[18] to take or register the votes of (persons).
[19] to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote.
[20] to bring to the polls, as voters.
[21] to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal); crop; clip; shear.
[22] to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.).
[23] to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard.
[24] to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle).
[25] to vote at the polls; give one's vote.
[26] the casting or registering of votes at an election (as modifier ) polling day
[27] the conducting of a public opinion poll
[28] computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages
[29] the casting, recording, or counting of votes in an election; a voting
[30] the result or quantity of such a voting a heavy poll
[31] Also called: opinion poll a canvassing of a representative sample of a large group of people on some question in order to determine the general opinion of the group the results or record of such a canvassing
[32] any counting or enumeration a poll of the number of men with long hair
[33] short for poll tax
[34] a list or enumeration of people, esp for taxation or voting purposes
[35] the striking face of a hammer
[36] the occipital or back part of the head of an animal
[37] to receive (a vote or quantity of votes) he polled 10 000 votes
[38] to receive, take, or record the votes of he polled the whole town
[39] to canvass (a person, group, area, etc) as part of a survey of opinion
[40] mainly US to take the vote, verdict, opinion, etc, individually of each member (of a jury, conference, etc)
[41] (sometimes intr) to cast (a vote) in an election
[42] computing (in data transmission when several terminals share communications channels) to check each channel rapidly to establish which are free, or to call for data from each terminal in turn
[43] to clip or shear
[44] to remove or cut short the horns of (cattle)

Words related to Polling

pollcount, survey, vote, opinion, voting, ballot, enroll, register, tally, canvass, examine, interview, sampling, sample, list

Words nearby Polling

pollpolje, polk, polk, james k., polka, polka dot, poll, poll end, poll evil, poll parrot, poll tax, poll watcher

Origin of Polling

11250–1300; Middle English polle (hair of the) head < Middle Low German: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Danish puld, Swedish pull crown of the head

Other words from Polling

poll·a·ble , adjective
poll·er , noun
re·poll·ing , noun

Word origin for Polling

C13 (in the sense: a human head) and C17 (in the modern sense: a counting of heads, votes): from Middle Low German polle hair of the head, head, top of a tree; compare Swedish pull crown of the head

Synonyms for Polling

ballot, count, opinion, survey, vote, voting, canvass, figures, returns, sampling