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Definitions: Logrolling |
LogrollingNoun1. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects. 2. Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: LogrollingSynonym: birling (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The phrase is likely derived from the old custom of neighbors assisting each other with the moving of logs. If two neighbors had cut a lot of timber which needed to be moved, it made more sense for them to work together to roll the logs -- if you'll help me roll my logs, I'll help you roll yours.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Logrolling."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cooperation | Joint stock, copartnership; cartel; confederation; (party); coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Logrolling |
| English words defined with "logrolling": Logroller. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "logrolling": Logroller. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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logrolling | 14 |
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| Language | Translations for "logrolling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkëmbim favoresh politike, rrokullisje trupash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنازلات متبادلة (give and take). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | взаимно славословене, взаимни услуги. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sousedská pomoc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | همکاری متقابل , کنده غلتانی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | échange des concessions mutuelles. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק ו י" (cabal, cahoots, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue), 'ל'ול קורות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kölcsönös dicséret, kéz (duke, fist, flapper, hand, mauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 仲"' (mutual admiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | なかまぼめ (mutual admiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogrollinglay взаимные услуги. (various references) uzajamna pomoć (logistic assistance, mutual aid). (various references) intercambio de favores. (various references) timmertransport, kohandel (party-bargaining). (various references) การสนับสนุนกัน. (various references) destekleme (boost, bracing, corroboration, pump priming, strutting, supporting, sustentation), birbirini destekleme, arka çıkma (pull, support). (various references) спільне перекочування колод. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "logrolling": logrollings. (additional references) | |
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"Logrolling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Orgolini. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "logrolling" (pronounced 'Log"roll`ing'): Aforegoing, Almsgiving, Backbiting, Batfowling, Birdcatching, Bird's-nesting, Bluestocking, Bookbinding, Bookkeeping, Bookselling, Boxhauling, Bricklaying, Broadspreading, Bushfighting, Bushwhacking, By-drinking, By-turning, Cabinetmaking, Cat-harping, Cheeseparing, Childbearing, Churchgoing, Clear-seeing, Clear-shining, Costeaning, Cowleeching, Crib-biting, Cross-reading, Cross-tining, Cross-vaulting, Deerstalking, Findfaulting, Fly-catching, Forespeaking, forthcoming, Forthputing, Fox-hunting, free-living, Free-milling, freethinking, Gaingiving, Glass-gazing, god-fearing, good-looking, Handwriting, haymaking, heartbreaking, heartrending, high-sounding, Home-coming. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-l-l-l-n-o-o-r" | |
-3 letters: logroll, lolling, rolling. | |
-4 letters: gigolo, gorgon, goring, gringo, logion, looing, ogling. | |
-5 letters: giron, going, grill, groin, igloo, lingo, logoi. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-i-l-l-l-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: logrollings. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101111 01100111 01110010 01101111 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 006F 0067 0072 006F 006C 006C 0069 006E 0067 |
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Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; 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Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; |