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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent]
2: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore [syn: riptide, rip current]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1862 rip current

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also rip-tide(riptides) A riptide is an area of sea where two different currents meet or where the water is extremely deep. Riptides make the water very rough and dangerous. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full tide, high tide, high water, low tide, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap tide, opposite tide, refluence, reflux, rip, solar tide, spring tide, thalassometer, tidal amplitude, tidal current, tidal current chart, tidal flow, tidal range, tide, tide chart, tide gate, tide gauge, tide race, tide rip, tidewater, tideway