riptide

[ rip-tahyd ]

/ ˈrɪpˌtaɪd /

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noun

a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.

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Origin of riptide

First recorded in 1860–65; rip² + tide¹

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See undertow.

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How to use riptide in a sentence

But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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The last band I was in was kind of a Sonic Youth rip-off band, and I thought that that was my calling.
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Instead of decorating every face on the street, Google Glass hit a contrarian rip tide.
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Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.
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But before a new tide of tourists can flow from Miami to Havana, Cuba will need to build more runways.
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His ear, his brain, his muscles take on a new joyous activity, and the tide of life rises higher.
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They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.
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It seemed; it truly seemed as if the tide of blue, grey, scarlet specks was submerging the enemy's strongholds.
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The blood rushed in a hot tide into the girl's pale wet face, and yet she shivered as if an arrow had pierced her heart.
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They ain't got such a rip-roarin' start of us—an' I'm the boy can foller that track from hell t' breakfast an' back again.
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British Dictionary definitions for riptide

riptide

/ (ˈrɪpˌtaɪd) /

noun

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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