Definition of Rip current

1. Noun. A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore.

Exact synonyms: Riptide
Group relationships: Tide
Generic synonyms: Current, Stream

Definition of Rip current

1. Noun. A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rip Current

riotour
riotours
riotous
riotously
riotousness
riotousnesses
riotries
riotry
riots
rip-off
rip-offs
rip-roaring
rip box
rip boxes
rip current (current term)
rip currents
rip into
rip off
rip on
rip out
rip saw
rip saws
rip tide
rip to shreds
rip up
riparial
riparian
riparian area

Literary usage of Rip current

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"Waves adjacent to the rip current, having greater energy and nothing to retard them, advance faster and farther up the beach. rip currents may transport ..."

2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Given the various factors that can contribute to spatial and temporal variability in murrelet abundance near tidal and rip-current plumes, ..."

3. U. S. Navy Diving Manual: Air DivingSpor (1999)
"... ocean currents - Current produced by the ebb and flow of the tides (which may add to or subtract from any existing current) - Undertow or rip current, ..."

4. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"Should you get caught in one, don't try to swim to shore; instead, swim parallel to it until you've made it past the rip current. If you want to swim long ..."

5. Adventure Guide to Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"I always tell people that if you don't see anyone swimming at a beach, there's probably a good reason, whether it's a mean rip current that you can't see or ..."

6. Potluck: Stories That Taste Like Hawaii by Catherine Bridges Tarleton (2001)
"Soon, as if themselves rehearsed, the lei lined up in a rip current headed out to sea, one after another, a chain of hopes, unlinked. ..."

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