An American term for a logrolling tournament — a competitive event where participants stand on floating logs in water and try to spin their opponent off by rolling the log with their feet.
An American term for a logrolling tournament — a competitive event where participants stand on floating logs in water and try to spin their opponent off by rolling the log with their feet. Rolleos are especially associated with the Pacific Northwest and logging communities, where logrolling was both a practical skill and a source of pride. The word puts a festive spin on what could otherwise sound purely industrial.
They've been holding the annual rolleo at the lake for about fifty years, and the whole town turns out to watch.
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(countable, US) The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
(uncountable, US, figuratively) Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.
(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.
(informal, not comparable) Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.
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(US) A logrolling tournament.
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