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Antonyms for poll

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pohl
Phonetic Transcription : poÊŠl

Definition of poll

Origin :
  • "head," early 14c., polle "hair of the head; piece of fur from the head of an animal," also "head," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol "head, top." Sense extended early 14c. to "person, individual." Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1620s, from notion of "counting heads;" meaning "survey of public opinion" is first recorded 1902. Poll tax, literally "head tax," is from 1690s. Literal use in English tends toward the part of the head where the hair grows.
  • noun census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
  • verb take census; question
Example sentences :
  • Unaware of his funeral, Timmins himself stood scratching his poll.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • But somebody must have dealt you some hearty thwacks on the poll, my boy.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The first time I ever see that boy,' said Poll, 'I charged him too much for a red-poll.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • When a politician reached the top of the poll he got £400 a year.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various
  • "It is as unfair to brand women with chastity as with unchastity," said Poll.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • The money was still refused, and it was ordered that a poll of the town should be taken.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • But you can't stop Zuba talkin' any more than you can a poll parrot.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And how did the—er—professin' poll parrot act about your payin' it back?
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Now, my Aunt Jane's poll parrot, I ask you, why under the sun should she?
  • Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill
  • Have you been properly introduced to Sally's Aunt Jane's poll parrot?
  • Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill

Synonyms for poll

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