riptide — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A particularly strong tidal current.

2. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.

   Gebrauch

   • proscribed
   • sometimes

   Beispiele

   This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.

Substantiv

1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

   Synonyme

   riptide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent

   Oberbegriffe

   turbulenceturbulency

2. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

   Synonyme

   rip current

   Oberbegriffe

   currentstream