riptide

Plural: riptides

Noun

• A strong current flowing outwards from a shore.
• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
• A particularly strong tidal current.
• A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.

Examples

• The "RIPTIDE" of tiles on his rack made it hard to form any coherent words.
• This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.

Synonyms

countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, rip current, tide rip

Related Words

undertow