Meaning of logroll | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To exchange political favours.
   intransitive
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.
   transitive
3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
4. To move like rolling logs.
5. To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.
   transitive

Examples

“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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