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riptide
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun riptide has 2 senses
- riptide(n = noun.event) countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, tide rip - a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current; Array is a kind of turbulence, turbulency
- riptide(n = noun.event) rip current - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore; Array is a part of tide
is a kind of current, stream
THESAURUS
riptide
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
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