dare vs poll

dare

noun
  • A small fish, the dace 

  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

poll

noun
  • The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish. 

  • A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) 

  • A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count. 

  • The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer. 

  • A pet parrot. 

  • A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice. 

  • The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows. 

  • The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded. 

  • A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. 

verb
  • To solicit mock votes from (a person or group). 

  • To remove the horns of (an animal). 

  • To take, record the votes of (an electorate). 

  • To impose a tax upon. 

  • To pay as one's personal tax. 

  • To cut the hair of (a creature). 

  • To vote at an election. 

  • To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network). 

  • To be judged in a poll. 

  • To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. 

  • To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation 

  • To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop. 

  • To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop. 

  • To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters. 

adj
  • Bred without horns, and thus hornless. 

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