tidal current

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tidal current - the water current caused by the tides tidal flow tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore, bore - a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) 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"