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polling

/pˈoʊlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
polling
IPA
/pˈoʊlɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of poll

noun

The action of taking a poll.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the process of voting in an election.

Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

A municipality in Mühldorf district, Bavaria, Germany.

name

A municipality in Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pollings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpolling prepolling telepolling

Phrases

long polling polling booth polling day polling place polling station push polling

Homonyms

poling

Rhymes With

rolling controlling bowling scrolling trolling patrolling enrolling strolling growling tolling consoling extolling

Questions

How do you pronounce polling?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈoʊlɪŋ/.
What does polling mean?
present participle and gerund of poll

How to pronounce polling

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