(dated) Popular. / (music) Typical, or in the style, of pop music.

(endearing) One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.

A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. / A formal election. / A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

(transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate). / (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group). / (intransitive) To vote at an election.

(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

A pet parrot.

(UK, dated, Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

A popular flowering garden plant, Eschscholzia californica, native to the south-western United States, and other similar plants in genus Eschscholzia.

(cricket, lacrosse) a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.