Definitions for riptide



Overview of noun riptide

The noun riptide has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent

(a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current)

2. riptide, rip current

(a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore)

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