- sea puss
- noun Etymology: alteration of dialect seapoose tidal stream, from Unquachog (Algonquian language of Long Island, New York) seépus river Date: 1842 a swirling or along shore undertow
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sea puss
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sea puss — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea purse, ↑sea poose • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent * * * … Useful english dictionary
sea-puss — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea purse, ↑sea poose • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent … Useful english dictionary
sea puss — a strong and dangerous longshore current or rip current caused by return flow … Dictionary of ichthyology
sea puss — /poos/, Oceanog. a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, esp. through a channel in a bar. [1645 55, Amer. in sense brook; alter., by folk etym., of earlier seapoose < Unquachog (E sp.) seépus river < Proto Algonquian… … Universalium
sea|poose — «SEE poos, pus», noun. = sea puss. (Cf. ↑sea puss) … Useful english dictionary
sea purse — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea poose • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent * * * … Useful english dictionary
sea-poose — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea purse • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent * * * sea poose … Useful english dictionary
sea-purse — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea poose • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent … Useful english dictionary
Puss Gets the Boot — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Puss Gets the Boot Título Puss Gets the Boot Ficha técnica Dirección William Hanna Joseph Barbera Producción Rudolf Ising … Wikipedia Español
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