Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rip_current

1 sense of rip current

Sense 1
riptide, rip current -- (a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore)
       => current, stream -- (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water")