Logroll

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To exchange political favours..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To exchange political favours.
2. (transitive) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
4. To move like rolling logs.
5. (transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.
6. (emergency medicine) A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.

Example Sentences

Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.

The competitors come from as far away as New Zealand and Spain to the Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward--formerly a holding pond for Weyerhauser's North Wisconsin Logging Company--to pole climb, speed saw, logroll, and chop with all their might.

Her dancers may logroll over each other or curl up together, but they never get personal.

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Word Forms

• logrolls
• logrolling
• logrolled

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