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rip current

The English word “rip current” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

Etymology

Coined as a more accurate replacement for the earlier term "riptide", as the phenomenon is not related to the tides.

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