riptide

English Thesaurus

1. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore (noun.event)

hypernym	:	current, stream,
definition	:	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun.event)

part meronym	:	tide,
definition	:	the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (noun.event)

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

hypernym	:	turbulence, turbulency,
definition	:	unstable flow of a liquid or gas (noun.phenomenon)