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backrush

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back⋅rush

  [bak-ruhsh]
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–noun
the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
Origin:
back 2 + rush 1
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back·rush   (bāk'rŭsh')   
n.  The seaward return of water after the landward motion of a wave. Also called backwash.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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