RAPID (water)
NOUNS
► RIFT a patch of broken water; a rapid → 1727 Amer. dial.
► SAULT a waterfall or rapid → 1600 N. Amer.
► SKOOKUM CHUCK a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls → 1854 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► RIFT a patch of broken water; a rapid → 1727 Amer. dial.
► SAULT a waterfall or rapid → 1600 N. Amer.
► SKOOKUM CHUCK a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls → 1854 Amer. dial.