Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
riot police
riot shield
riotous
rip (1)
rip (2)
rip (3)
rip-and-read
rip curl
rip current
rip into
rip-o-matic
rip off
rip-off
rip-roaring
rip up
riparian
ripcord
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

rip current
rip cur·rent (plural rip cur·rents)


noun 
Definition:
 
strong offshore current: a strong narrow subsurface current flowing away from shore, visible as a band of agitated water
[<rip2]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft