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Logroll

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.
Verb
  1. 1
    To exchange political favours. intransitive
  2. 2
    work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes wordnet
  3. 3
    To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass. transitive

    "Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill."

  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    To move like rolling logs.

    "Her dancers may logroll over each other or curl up together, but they never get personal."

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  1. 6
    To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from logrolling.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from logrolling.

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