riptide — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. A particularly strong tidal current.

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

   Uso

   • proscribed
   • sometimes

   Ejemplos

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

Sustantivo

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

   Sinónimos

   riptide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent

   Términos más generales

   turbulenceturbulency

2. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

   Sinónimos

   rip current

   Términos más generales

   currentstream