RIP CURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rip current mean? 

• RIP CURRENT (noun)
  The noun RIP CURRENT has 1 sense:

1. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

  Familiarity information: RIP CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIP CURRENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rip current; riptide

Hypernyms ("rip current" is a kind of...):

current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))

Holonyms ("rip current" is a part of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)