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logrolled

logrolled is the simple past and past participle of logroll.

Meaning of logroll

Verb

logroll (third-person singular simple present logrolls, present participle logrolling, simple past and past participle logrolled)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) To exchange favours, especially political favours.
  2. (US, figuratively, transitive) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
    • Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.
  3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
    • The competitors come from as far away as New Zealand and Spain to the Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward--formerly a holding pond for Weyerhauser's North Wisconsin Logging Company--to pole climb, speed saw, logroll, and chop with all their might.2002 May 31, Jeffrey Felshman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader
  4. To move like rolling logs.
    • Her dancers may logroll over each other or curl up together, but they never get personal.1999 January 22, Laura Molzahn, “Chicago's Next Dance Festival”, in Chicago Reader
  5. (transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.

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Questions about logrolled

What is logrolled the simple past and past participle of?
Logrolled is the simple past and past participle of logroll.

Words near logrolled in the dictionary

  1. Logres
  2. Logrești
  3. Logria
  4. Logris
  5. logroll
  6. logrolled
  7. logroller
  8. logrollers
  9. logrolling
  10. logrollings
  11. logrolls

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