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