Definition of "logrolling" in English

noun

1. (countable, US) The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.

2. (uncountable, US politics, figuratively) A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.

3. (uncountable, US, figuratively) Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.

   • Near-synonym: backscratching

verb

1. present participle and gerund of logroll.