riptide
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈrɪpˌtaɪd/
:
corriente de resaca
- The strong riptide pulled the swimmer away from the safety of the shore.
- caught in a riptide
- fight the riptide
- strong riptide
The board is in front of me paddling into the riptide.
- The board is in front of me paddling into the riptide.
Examples
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Well he's caught in a riptide.
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You're caught in the riptide!
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I mean, it looks more like a riptide to me.
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- We're stuck in a riptide!
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You are in a riptide.
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All that would start up again, like a riptide, and sweep him away.
Fiction book (1991) -
The riptide'll take you out to sea.
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And there's this monster riptide right in front of it, so people almost die there, like, every day.
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Well, we've got dangerous riptides in Malibu.
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Leth sniffed at it and told Bingham about the time he had been lost at sea, his sailboat carried out by a riptide; he believed he would never get back to shore.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
10
8.4
A strong fast current in water that pulls swimmers away
4
7.4
A strong water current under the surface that pulls you out to sea
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6.0
A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away
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7.9
A flow of water that moves across another flow and makes rough water
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8.4
A flow of water that moves against the main current and causes the water to swirl
A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl
A current of water that flows under the surface
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Riptide breaks into rip (like the verb 'to tear' or a fast, strong pull) and tide ('the movement of the sea'). Think of it as a 'tear' or sudden gap in the water that pulls you away from the beach, which is why a riptide is a dangerous current that can carry swimmers out to sea.