rip current
A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming…A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
» The powerful rip current carried Tom far away from the shore.
Die starke Rückströmung trieb Tom weit von der Küste ab.
Сильная отбойная волна унесла Тома далеко от берега.
Meaning
1 sensesA strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
Rippströmung, Brandungsrückstrom
a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
Examples
5 sentencesThe powerful rip current carried Tom far away from the shore.
ruСильная отбойная волна унесла Тома далеко от берега.
deDie starke Rückströmung trieb Tom weit von der Küste ab.
A rip current is a powerful, channeled current.
Lifeguards rescue tens of thousands of people from rip currents in the U.S. every year.
Moving at speeds of up to eight feet per second, rip currents can move faster than an Olympic swimmer.
If caught in a rip current, don't fight it! Swim parallel to the shore and swim back to land at an angle.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Coined as a more accurate replacement for the earlier term "riptide", as the phenomenon isCoined as a more accurate replacement for the earlier term "riptide", as the phenomenon is not related to the tides.
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Forms
plural: rip currents| Singular | rip current |
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