riptide
1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current • Syn: rip, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent • Hypernyms: turbulence, turbulency 2. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore • Syn: rip current • Hypernyms: current, stream • Part Holonyms: tide
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