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noun
The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
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noun
The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
The act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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noun
The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
A sport in which two people balance on a log floating in a body of water, each one aiming to cause the opponent to fall off by rolling or kicking the log.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, figuratively, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, figuratively, uncountable
Synonyms: backscratching
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verb
present participle and gerund of logroll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: birling
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Broader terms: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
noun
act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: exchange
History
From log + rolling, the figurative senses from the practice of neighbors helping each other do heavy work such as rolling logs in connection with clearing land and building.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
