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rip currents

rip currents is the plural of rip current.

Meaning of rip current

Noun

rip current (plural rip currents)

  1. A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
    • It takes on complicated forms, including longshore currents, which set parallel to the beach, and rip currents, in which water carried shoreward by breaking waves finds its way back to deep water in fast, narrow jets. Longshore and rip current velocities may be as great as 3 knots.1988, John V. Noel, Jr., Knight′s Modern Seamanship, page 515
    Synonyms:
    rip, rip tide, riptide

Questions about rip currents

What is rip currents the plural of?
Rip currents is the plural of rip current.

Words near rip currents in the dictionary

  1. rip box
  2. rip boxes
  3. rip cord
  4. rip cords
  5. rip current
  6. rip currents
  7. rip down
  8. rip entries
  9. rip entry
  10. rip fence
  11. rip fences

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