Usually means: Unexpected, large, solitary ocean wave.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. rogue wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. rogue wave: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rogue wave: Wiktionary
  4. rogue wave: Dictionary.com
  5. Rogue Wave (band), Rogue wave (disambiguation), Rogue wave (oceanography), Rogue wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. rogue wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rogue wave: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rogue wave)

▸ noun:  (nautical, surfing) An unexpected, dangerously large wave.

Similar:
roust, rote, roge, riffle, rip tide, weather roll, riptide, rout, reef rash, rost, more...

Opposite:
calm wave, regular wave, normal wave, non-rogue wave

Phrases:
Rogue Wave Software, more...

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Similar:
roust, rote, roge, riffle, rip tide, weather roll, riptide, rout, reef rash, rost, more...

Opposite:
calm wave, regular wave, normal wave, non-rogue wave

Phrases:
Rogue Wave Software, more...



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