poll
/pol/ • noun 1 the process of voting in an election. 2 a record of the number of votes cast. 3 dialect a person’s head. • verb 1 record the opinion or vote of. 2 (of an electoral candidate) receive a specified number of votes. 3 Telecommunications & Computing check the status of (a device), especially as part of a repeated cycle. 4 cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow). — ORIGIN perhaps from Low German.
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