tide rip

/taɪd rɪp/
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Other forms: tide rips

Definitions of tide rip
  1. noun
    a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
    synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, riptide
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    type of:
    turbulence, turbulency
    unstable flow of a liquid or gas
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