noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A particularly strong tidal current.
2. 2
   a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore wordnet
3. 3
   A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore. proscribed, sometimes

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

4. 4
   a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

riprip currentcountercurrentcrosscurrentdirect tideebb

Example

More examples

"His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses."

Etymology

From rip + tide.

Related phrases

rip currenttidal current

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