logroll

verb, noun — 6 senses

logroll

verb

Etymology Back-formation from logrolling.

1

To exchange political favours.

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.

  • Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.
3

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

  • 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.2002 May 31, Jeffrey Felshman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
4

To move like rolling logs.

  • Her dancers may logroll over each other or curl up together, but they never get personal.1999 January 22, Laura Molzahn, “Chicago's Next Dance Festival”, in Chicago Reader:
5

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

Derived terms
logroller

logroll

noun

Etymology Back-formation from logrolling.

1

Emergency medicine, Medicine, Sciences A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.

Derived terms
blogroll

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