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poll: v.,n.

  1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.

  2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: “I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone; he must be swapped out.”

  3. To ask. “Lunch? I poll for a takeout order daily.”

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