tiderip

[ tahyd-rip ]

noun

a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.

Origin of tiderip

First recorded in 1820–30; tide¹ + rip²

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How to use tiderip in a sentence

And such a tide-rip thundered along the rocks as shook the earth and set the ship trembling.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut
In the straits between the different Aleutian Islands runs a terrific tide-rip.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut
With a blame ugly tide-rip setting dead to windward across the mouth of it!
Thrice Armed | Harold Bindloss
But the edge of the tide rip was a long way off, and he was growing tired already.
The Woman-Haters | Joseph C. Lincoln
And where such immense bodies of water, flowing swiftly, clashed together, a terrible tide-rip was produced.
Tales of the Fish Patrol | Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for tide-rip

tide-rip

noun

another word for riptide (def. 1)

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