riptide
riptide · riptides
A particularly strong tidal currentA particularly strong tidal current.
/ˈɹɪp.taɪd/
» This beach has a strong and dangerous riptide.
Meaning
2 sensesA particularly strong tidal current.
a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
(proscribed, sometimes)A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.
This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.
Examples
2 sentencesThis beach has a strong and dangerous riptide.
His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses.
ruЧитаемость его кода захлебнулась в потоке вложенных скобок.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From rip + tide.From rip + tide.
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Forms
plural: riptidesSynonyms
5 synonymsstrong flow of water away from the shore:rip current
Close in meaning
- a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore:rip current
- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current:riptide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent
Word family
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