riptide

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	riptide - a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current countercurrent, crosscurrent, tide rip, rip turbulence, turbulency - unstable flow of a liquid or gas
	2.	riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore rip current 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"