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tumblification humorous.|ˌtʌmblɪfɪˈkeɪʃən| [irreg. f. tumble v. + -fication.] Tumbling, falling, or tossing; esp. the pitching and rolling of a ship in a storm.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xi. (1859) 250 Then another Tumblification of the whole party. 1881Clark Russell Ocean Free Lance II. iv. 169 The tumblification was sometimes so furious that we had to hold on with our hands to save ourselves. 1890Chamb. Jrnl. 14 June 371 The jerky, feverish, staggering, tumblefication of the wreck. |