rip
10
8.4
- noun
- /rɪp/
- Specialized
:
corriente de resaca
- Many swimmers were advised to avoid the area due to the dangerous rip currents reported by the local officials.
- rip currents
- rip tide
- rip in the surf
Examples
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I've been caught in rip tides body surfing while growing up in SoCal.
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Swimmers should be careful to avoid the rip current in the southern part.
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Before you step foot in one of our Great Lakes, know how to respond to a rip current.
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Ride both right and left and fall onto a sandy base, just beware of strong rips in the area.
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It's like swimming in the ocean; if you find yourself getting pulled into a rip current, you swim perpendicular to it, not straight against it, to get out.
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Rough surf, dangerous rip currents, and some beach erosion will occur along the beaches from the Carolinas to South Florida.
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To reach the waves at Mavericks... ...surfers paddle over 45 minutes... ...through a maze of rocks, rip currents... ...and frigid open-ocean chop until they finally reach the lineup.
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While swimming at the beach, I was pulled out to sea by a powerful rip current.
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The lifeguard reminded everyone to stay away from the rip in the surf where the water was exceptionally turbulent.
Synonyms
7
8.2
A strong sea current that pulls swimmers away from the shore
2
6.0
A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away
1
8.4
A flow of water that moves against the main current and causes the water to swirl
1
7.9
A flow of water that moves across another flow and makes rough water
A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
2
6.0
A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rip for a stretch of water uses the same idea: it is like a 'tear' in the sea where currents pull strongly, so a rip is a dangerous, fast-moving strip of water.