logrolling

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɡˌɹoʊlɪŋ/, /ˈlɔɡ-/ Hyphenation: log‧roll‧ing === Noun === logrolling (countable and uncountable, plural logrollings) (countable, US) The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs. (uncountable, US, lumberjacking) The act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling. (uncountable, US, sports) 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. (uncountable, US politics, figuratively) 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. (uncountable, US, figuratively) Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews. Near-synonym: backscratching ==== Derived terms ==== blogrolling logroll logroller ==== Translations ==== === Verb === logrolling present participle and gerund of logroll. === See also === blogroll === Further reading === logrolling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia logrolling (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia