Crossword clues for logroll
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Logroll \Log"roll`\, v. i. & t. To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.
Wiktionary
n. (context emergency medicine English) A method of moving a patient, rolling up them on their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To exchange political favours. 2 (context transitive English) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass. 3 To roll a log in a body of water, while balance on it; to birl.
WordNet
v. work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
Usage examples of "logroll".
They logrolled her sideways, and Maura peeled apart the edges of the capelet.
The blast clipped their legs out from under them and logrolled them off the ramp, their wails lost in the hiss and bang of water hitting acid.
And from then on fact had been added to meager fact and the censorship of that single telegram had avalanched into a harrowing afternoon-long session of give-and-take, of logrolling, bullying, factions and secret votes until Ferrante and his chief had to face the sickening truth of the matter: that they must league with the English in view of a highly probable common peril.
The advocates of the change were not strong enough to force through a free-silver bill, but they were able by skillful logrolling to bring about the passage of the Silver Purchase Act.
I had to watch ahead and try to pick my footingit kept me as busy as a lumberjack in a logrolling contest.
And from then on, fact had been added to meager fact, and the censorship of that single telegram had avalanched into a harrowing afternoon-long session of give-and-take, of logrolling, bullying, factions and secret votes, until Ferrante and his chief had to face the sickening truth of the matter: that they must league with the English, in view of a highly probable common peril.
He did a couple slow logrolls on the surface between them and the Cigarette.