DCHP-1 Online

rip ((n.)) † 

• n. a stretch of ruffled water caused by such an obstruction; the place where such an obstruction is.

  See also: riffle ((n.)) (def. 1b)  

  • 1903  We . . . had weathered the rips of white water to shelter on the other side. . . .
  • 1909  At last, when the bateau had run a dozen of these noisy "rips," Mandy Ann grew surfeited with terror and thought to comfort herself.