tumblificationn.
/ˌtʌmblɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ humorous.
Tumbling, falling, or tossing; esp. the pitching and rolling of a ship in a storm.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > rolling and pitching
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1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 349 Then another tumblification of the whole party.
1881 W. C. 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.
1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 June 371 The jerky, feverish, staggering, tumblefication of the wreck.
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