wild water

noun

- turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
- (as modifier): wild-water racing

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How to use wild water in a sentence

Presently the green outline of an island appeared out of the wild water on our right.
Astounding Stories, March, 1931 | Various
The soft summer wind stirs the redwoods, and Wild-Water ripples sweet cadences over its mossy stones.
The Iron Heel | Jack London
Every stream would be "wild water" leaping down waterfalls and cutting out irregular, little woody ravines.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
Now and then some wild water fowl would dart across the bows of the boat, uttering its harsh cries.
The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms | Laura Lee Hope
There are perhaps few more terrifying spectacles of wild water, even including the Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara.
Young Alaskans in the Far North | Emerson Hough

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