英英字典: riptide
   Overview of noun riptide
The noun riptide has 2 senses
                                                        
- 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)
- riptide, rip current -- (a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore)