LOGROLL

logroll

(verb) work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

logroll (third-person singular simple present logrolls, present participle logrolling, simple past and past participle logrolled)

(intransitive) To exchange political favours.

(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.

To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.

To move like rolling logs.

(transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.

Noun

logroll (plural logrolls)

(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.

Source: Wiktionary

Log"roll`, v. i. & t.

Definition: To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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