poll vs swab

poll

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

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

swab

verb
  • To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab. 

noun
  • A sailor; a swabby. 

  • A naval officer's epaulet. 

  • A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. 

  • A mop, especially on a ship. 

  • A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. 

  • A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). 

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