Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logroll

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: logroll
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exchange favours, especially political favours.

Intransitive verb

verb

To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

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

verb

To move like rolling logs.

verb

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

Transitive verb

noun

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."

Etymology

Back-formation from logrolling.

Usage

Inflected Forms

logrolls (present, singular) logrolling (participle, present) logrolled (participle, past) logrolled (past) logrolls (plural)

Derived Forms

logroller blogroll

Questions

What does logroll mean?: To exchange favours, especially political favours.
Where does logroll come from?: Back-formation from logrolling.

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