riptide

A particularly strong tidal current.

Noun

  1. A particularly strong tidal current.
  2. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.
    • This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.

Origin

From rip + tide.

Forms

riptides rip tide

Synonyms

rip current

Related

undertow

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