Usually means: Strong, narrow current flowing seaward.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rip current: Merriam-Webster
  2. rip current: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rip current: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rip current: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rip current: Vocabulary.com
  6. rip current: Wiktionary
  7. rip current: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. rip current: Dictionary.com
  9. Rip current: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rip current: Rhymezone
  11. rip current: FreeDictionary.org
  12. rip current: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. rip current, current, rip: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rip current, current, rip: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See rip_currents as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rip current)

noun:  A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

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