beccheggio

Definitions of beccheggio
  1. noun
    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
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    types:
    barcollamento, barcollio
    pitching dangerously to one side
    type of:
    mossa, movimento
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  2. noun
    degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
    synonyms: pendio
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    type of:
    pendio
    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
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