sea puss

[ see poos ]

noun

, Oceanography.

1. a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, especially through a channel in a bar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea puss¹

First recorded in 1645–55, Americanism in sense “brook;” alteration, by folk etymology, of earlier seapoose, from Unquachog ( English spelling) seépus “river,” from unattested Proto-Algonquian si·po·wi (becoming Fox si·po·wi ) + diminutive suffix