undersuck

The act of sucking under, usually generated by the force of moving water.

Noun

  1. The act of sucking under, usually generated by the force of moving water.
    • Eliot, however, held him up from drowning until one of the boats arrived on the scene, and they were dragged into it, but even then they were in peril from the greatness of the waves, and the undersuck, as they broke...

Origin

From under- + suck.

Forms

undersucks

Related

undertow

Verb

  1. To suck under.

Forms

undersucks undersucking undersucked