straw poll en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
It may allude to a straw (thin plant stalk) held up to see in what direction the wind blows: in this case, the metaphorical wind of group opinion.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
2002: I don't think it was innocence that made me want to carry out a straw poll of women friends on the plausibility of this passage — James Meek in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 22, 14 November 2002
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| straw polls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (11)
de inoffizielle Umfrage (unofficial survey of opinion) · de Meinungsbild (unofficial survey of opinion) · es encuesta (unofficial survey of opinion) · de unverbindliche Abstimmung (unofficial survey of opinion) · fi pikakysely (unofficial survey of opinion) · pl sondaż orientacyjny (unofficial survey of opinion) · de Probeabstimmung (unofficial survey of opinion) · de Probeumfrage (unofficial survey of opinion) · ga suirbhé samplála (unofficial survey of opinion) · de Blitzumfrage (unofficial survey of opinion) · es sondeo (unofficial survey of opinion)