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Meaning of "riptide" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIPTIDE

riptide  [ˈrɪpˌtaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIPTIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Riptide is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIPTIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

riptide

Rip current

A rip current, commonly referred to simply as a rip, or by the misnomer rip tide, is a strong channel of water flowing seaward from near the shore, typically through the surf line. Typical flow is at 0.5 metres per second, and can be as fast as 2.5 metres per second, which is faster than any human swimmer. They can move to different locations on a beach break, up to tens of metres a day. They can occur at any beach with breaking waves, including oceans, seas, and large lakes.

Definition of riptide in the English dictionary

The definition of riptide in the dictionary is Also called: rip, tide-rip. a stretch of turbulent water in the sea, caused by the meeting of currents or abrupt changes in depth. Other definition of riptide is Also called: rip current. a strong current, esp one flowing outwards from the shore, causing disturbance on the surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIPTIDE


Christmastide
ˈkrɪsməsˌtaɪd
dinucleotide
daɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Eastertide
ˈiːstəˌtaɪd
eventide
ˈiːvənˌtaɪd
internucleotide
ˌɪntəˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
mononucleotide
ˌmɒnəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
mucopeptide
ˌmjuːkəʊˈpɛpˌtaɪd
noontide
ˈnuːnˌtaɪd
nucleotide
ˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
oligonucleotide
ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Passiontide
ˈpæʃənˌtaɪd
phosphatide
ˈfɒsfəˌtaɪd
polynucleotide
ˌpɒlɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
ribonucleotide
ˌraɪbəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Shrovetide
ˈʃrəʊvˌtaɪd
springtide
ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd
trinucleotide
traɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Twelfthtide
ˈtwɛlfθˌtaɪd
Whitsuntide
ˈwɪtsənˌtaɪd
wintertide
ˈwɪntəˌtaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIPTIDE

ripped
ripper
rippier
ripping
rippingly
ripple
ripple control
ripple effect
ripple mark
rippler
ripples
ripplet
rippling
ripplingly
ripply
ripsaw
ripsnorter
ripsnorting
ripstop

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIPTIDE

bastide
betide
dipeptide
fibrinopeptide
glycopeptide
high tide
low tide
mercaptide
neuropeptide
octapeptide
oligopeptide
pentapeptide
peptide
polypeptide
spring tide
swim against the tide
swim with the tide
tide
turn the tide
Yuletide

Synonyms and antonyms of riptide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «riptide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIPTIDE

Find out the translation of riptide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of riptide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «riptide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

激流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Riptide
570 millions of speakers

English

riptide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Riptide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضد التيار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Риптайд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Riptide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Riptide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre-courant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Riptide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kabbelung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒海
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조류를 타고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Riptide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

riptide
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Riptide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पावडरची रास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karışık durum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corrente di ritorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Riptide
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ріптайд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Riptide
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

riptide
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Riptide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riptide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riptide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of riptide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIPTIDE»

The term «riptide» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.381 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIPTIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «riptide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «riptide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about riptide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIPTIDE»

Discover the use of riptide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to riptide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Riptide
IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine.
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 2001
2
Riptide: Struggling With and Resurfacing From A Daughter's ...
Riptide is the raw and revealing account of the author's journey during the ten years her oldest daughter struggled with anorexia and bulimia, a battle that ended with her death at age 23 in February 2000.
Barbara Hale-Seubert, 2011
3
Riptide
IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine.
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 2001
4
Riptide
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock must protect a young political speechwriter who has received threats against her life.
Catherine Coulter, 2001
5
Riptide
Cherry Adair plunges into the dangerous world of high-sea treasure hunting, where one man’s greatest passion unlocks one woman’s wildest fantasies… SHE’S SWEPT INTO TREACHEROUS WATERS Princess Bria Visconti demands the return of the ...
Cherry Adair, 2011
6
Riptide Pride
Teenager Tane Kalana is an expert surfer, but his pride may get him into trouble when would-be rival Cody Hannigan challenges him to a dangerous surfer showdown at Breaker Bay.
Brandon Terrell, 2011
7
Riptide
"While training for a surfing competition to earn a college scholarship, Grace Parker struggles with her feelings toward her best friend Ford Watson and tries to conceal her family's toxic dynamics"--
Lindsey Scheibe, 2013
8
Riptide
The Miami Dade Crime Lab is called in to examine the body of a young woman who has washed ashore on an island in Florida Bay.
Donn Cortez, 2006
9
Outsmarting the Riptide of Domestic Violence: Metaphor and ...
The stories are intended to be used in conjunction with trauma-focused interventions in order to reduce troubling symptoms, address risk and relapse-potential, change relational patterns, and remediate attachment deficits.
Pat Pernicano, 2011
10
Riptide
Spring 1941: After ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears during a Berlin air raid.
John Lawton, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIPTIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term riptide is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rams assistant helps save swimmer in distress
Rams special-teams coordinator John Fassel helped save the life of a man drowning in the Pacific Ocean last week by battling a riptide and, with the help of ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
2
Swimmer Drowns in Zuma Riptide
A 29-year-old man drowned at Zuma Beach today when he became caught in a riptide in high surf and slipped under the waves. The victim was spotted about ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Caught on camera: Selfie stick helps save teen girl trapped in riptide
Erynn was taking video of herself but got caught in a riptide. She held on to the selfie stick, and with the GoPro camera still rolling, caught her dad making the ... «fox6now.com, Jul 15»
4
Video captures father, daughter's struggle with Nantucket riptide
A father and daughter caught in a riptide off Nantucket this week were helped by an unlikely tool — a selfie stick — and a stranger in an orange swimsuit. Derrick ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
Young sisters rescued from dangerous riptide at Mastic Beach
MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. — It was the end of what seemed to be a perfect beach day at Smith Point County Park when all of a sudden a riptide started pulling two ... «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Jul 15»
6
Australian pop singer Vance Joy builds momentum with 'Riptide' and …
ATLANTA - Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy — still riding the wave of success of his double platinum single, "Riptide" — has two things working in his ... «The Province, Jun 15»
7
Report: 'Whiplash' actor Miles Teller saves pregnant woman from …
Report: 'Whiplash' actor Miles Teller saves pregnant woman from riptide. Published May 11, 2015. FoxNews.com. Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre8 Email Print. «Fox News, May 15»
8
Vance Joy's Riptide breaks Lady Gaga's incredible record on the …
This weekend Riptide clocked up 107 consecutive weeks in the ARIA Top 100, leapfrogging Lady Gaga's Poker Face at 106 unbroken weeks in the Top 100 and ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
9
'Riptide' singer Vance Joy just got his best gig
“I've been keeping it pretty tight-lipped,” says the Australian singer-songwriter, known for his crossover smash Riptide, saying he shared the news with his ... «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
10
Watch Taylor Swift's Amazing Cover of Vance Joy's 'Riptide'
There's no doubt that “Riptide” was a break-out hit for Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy. Now that Taylor Swift has covered the heart-tugging track, it could ... «TIME, Oct 14»

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