The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOSSING
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The straight part
We know that "Unable to sleep/ship’s movement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unable to sleep/ship’s movement = tossing.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TOSSING mean?
TOSSING verb- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- To agitate; to make restless.
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To discard: to toss out
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (British slang) To masturbate
- To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- To keep in play; to tumble over.
- To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
- The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
- A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
- Used to disparage or curse someone or something.