logrolling
log·roll·ing/ˈlɑɡˌɹoʊlɪŋ/noun, verb
logrolling is spelled L-O-G-R-O-L-L-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (log·roll·ing). It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logrolling means “The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logrolling is logrollings.
How many letters and syllables are in logrolling?
| Letters | 10: L-O-G-R-O-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: log·roll·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is logrolling?
Logrolling appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce logrolling?
- UK /ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ/
- US /ˈlɑɡˌɹoʊlɪŋ/
- US /ˈlɔɡ-/
Logrolling has 3 syllables, split log·roll·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-logrolling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of logrolling
- logrollings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logrolling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USThe rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
- 2
USThe act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling.
- 3
USA sport in which two people balance on a log floating in a body of water, each one aiming to cause the opponent to fall off by rolling or kicking the log.
- 4
USA 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.
- 5
Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.
Near-synonym: backscratching
- 6
The exchanging of favors.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of logroll.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does logrolling come from?
From log + rolling, the figurative senses from the practice of neighbors helping each other do heavy work such as rolling logs in connection with clearing land and building.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).