rip current (redirected from Rip currents)

rip current

n.

A strong, narrow surface current that flows rapidly away from the shore, returning the water carried landward by waves. Also called rip tide, tiderip.

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rip current A strong, narrow surface current that flows rapidly away from the shore. Rip currents form when excess water that has accumulated along a shore due to wind and waves rushes back suddenly to deeper waters. Also called rip tide.

rip current When water that comes ashore is channeled back out to sea through a narrow passage, such as a break in a sandbar, the strength of the flow of water is concentrated and forms a rip current.

Thesaurus

Noun

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rip current - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore riptide tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"