Meaning of LOGROLLING
| Pronunciation: | | 'log`rowling
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- [n] rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
- [n] act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
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| | Synonyms: | | birling |
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| | See Also: | | exchange, spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Log"roll`ing\, n.
1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the
place where they were felled to the stream which floats
them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor
neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other
in turn. --Longfellow. [U.S.]
2. Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of
receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a
disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or
ends. [Cant, U.S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | backscratching, barter, cloture, committee consideration, debate, deliberation, division, even trade, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, influence peddling, introduction, lobbying, lobbyism, political influence, pork barrel, public opinion, roll call, second reading, social pressure, special-interest pressure, steamroller methods, swap, swapping, switch, tabling, talkathon, third reading, trade, trading, vote, wire-pulling |
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