backrush

[bak-ruhsh]

noun

1. the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.

Word History and Origins

Origin of backrush¹

back ² + rush ¹

Example Sentences

As he sat on the steps of the landing-stage ruminating he grew conscious of the tall, dark streak of a sail coming silently down the shining river, and sprang to his feet with such a backrush of feeling that he almost wept.

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