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Logrolling

/ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ/

To exchange political favours.

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📖 Definitions of "Logrolling"

verb

1
To exchange political favours.
2
To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
"Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill."
3
To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
4
To move like rolling logs.

noun

1
The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
2
(US politics) A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
3
Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.

🔄 Synonyms of "Logrolling"

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Word	Definition
birlingnoun	Alternative form of birlinn. [(Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Logrolling"

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Word	Definition
birlingnoun	Alternative form of birlinn. [(Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.]
rollnoun	The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
roleonoun	Alternative form of rolleo. [(US) A logrolling tournament.]
rolleonoun	(US) A logrolling tournament.
roulenoun	Obsolete form of roll. [The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.]
roly-polynoun	(countable) (informal) A short, plump person (especially a child).
rollynoun	A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
rollienoun	(slang, chiefly UK) A cigarette rolled by hand.
rouleaunoun	A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
rickrollverb	(originally Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".
rollernoun	(heading) Anything that rolls.
rick-rollverb	Alternative form of rickroll. [(originally Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".]
rotolonoun	(Italian cooking) A kind of roll.
counter-rollnoun	(UK, law, obsolete) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
rag-rollingnoun	The application of paint to a surface by transferring it from a rag applied in a rolling motion; the decorative finish so produced
rollcallnoun	Alternative spelling of roll call. [The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent.]
timber raftingnoun	A log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river.
weather rollnoun	(nautical) The lurch of a vessel to windward when in the trough of the sea.
loo-rollnoun	Alternative form of loo roll. [(British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) toilet roll]
jam rollnoun	(UK) A kind of pudding, a roly-poly with jam filling.