riptide
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How to use riptide in a sentence
Instead of decorating every face on the street, Google Glass hit a contrarian rip tide.
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British Dictionary definitions for riptide
/ (ˈrɪpˌtaɪd) /
Also called: rip, tide-rip a stretch of turbulent water in the sea, caused by the meeting of currents or abrupt changes in depth
Also called: rip current a strong current, esp one flowing outwards from the shore, causing disturbance on the surface
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