sea puss
[ poo s ]
/ pʊs /
noun Oceanography.
a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, especially through a channel in a bar.
Origin of sea puss
1645–55,
Americanism in sense “brook;” alteration, by folk etymology, of earlier
seapoose < Unquachog (E spelling)
seépus river < Proto-Algonquian
*si·po·wi (> Fox
si·po·wi) + diminutive suffix
Words nearby sea puss
sea pink,
sea poppy,
sea power,
sea purse,
sea purslane,
sea puss,
sea ranger,
sea raven,
sea reach,
sea return,
sea risk
Example sentences from the Web for sea puss
Apparently she was caught in a sea-puss and was still making no headway.
Missing at Marshlands |Cleo Garis