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logrolling

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒgrəʊlɪŋ/

Definition of logrolling

noun

[mass noun] North American
  • 1 informal the practice of exchanging favours, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other’s proposed legislation: they have gained leverage on Capitol Hill by a talent for political logrolling
    [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

noun

logrolling in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of logrolling in the US English dictionary