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logrolling

Syllabification: (log·roll·ing)
Definition of logrolling

noun

North American
  • 1 informal the practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other’s proposed legislation.
    [from the phrase you roll my log and I'll roll yours]
  • 2a sport in which two contestants stand on a floating log and try to knock each other off by spinning it with their feet.

Derivatives

logroller

Pronunciation: /-lər/
noun

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