LOGROLLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logrolling mean? 

• LOGROLLING (noun)
  The noun LOGROLLING has 2 senses:

1. act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

2. rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)

  Familiarity information: LOGROLLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGROLLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("logrolling" is a kind of...):

exchange (the act of giving something in return for something received)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

birling; logrolling

Hypernyms ("logrolling" is a kind of...):

spin; twirl; twist; twisting; whirl (the act of rotating rapidly)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)