Definitions for polygraph

polygraph pol·y·graph

Spelling: [pol-i-graf, -grahf]
IPA: /ˈpɒl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/

Polygraph is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in polygraph (aghloppry).

Definitions for polygraph

noun

  1. an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  2. a test using such an instrument to determine if a person is telling the truth.
  3. lie detector.
  4. an apparatus for producing copies of a drawing or writing.
  5. a prolific or versatile author.

verb (used with object)

  1. to test (a person) with a polygraph.

Origin of polygraph

1795-1805 for def 1; 1920-25 for def 3; Greek polýgraphos writing much. See poly-, -graph

Examples for polygraph

He made some comment along the line that it had never been his policy—before, to take a polygraph.

By way of proving his innocence, DeMaio took a polygraph test—and passed.

DeMaio responded to the “vicious rumor” by taking a polygraph test, which he passed.

Yesterday, The Daily Beast revealed that Egan had, according to his lawyer Jeff Herman, passed a polygraph test.

Pentathol, scopolamine and the like; hypnotism and the polygraph.

When you took the polygraph, you were present during the polygraph examination of Frazier, were you?

Did he suggest that he had been asked before to take a polygraph?

Forced to take a polygraph test, Saul is asked a question to establish a baseline reading: “Are you sometimes called ‘The Bear’?”

The polygraph, which uses a range of measurements including blood pressure, was patented by Leonarde Keeler in 1931.

We don't need a scholar, nor a polygraph, but rather a writer who'll be one of us.

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