rip ((n.))†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

See: riffle ((n.))(def. 1b)

Quotations

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.