Dictionary Definition
crosscurrent
Noun
1 a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the
sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
[syn: rip, riptide, tide rip,
countercurrent]
2 actions counter to the main group activity;
"political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" [syn: countercurrent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents
- In the context of "by extension": A situation in which there are conflicting opinions
Extensive Definition
Crosscurrent is Jake
Shimabukuro's second solo album. It was released in August
2003.
Track listing
- "Crosscurrent"
- "Toastman's Dilemma"
- "Fragile"
- "I've Been Thinking"
- "Wish On My Star"
- "Spain"
- "Mrs. Robinson"
- "Skyline"
- "Orange World"
- "When You're Down"
- "Beat Of My Heart"
- "Hana"
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current,
bucking, challenge, concourse, confluence, conflux, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contravention, contraversion, counteraction, counterbalance, counterblast, countercurrent, counterforce, counterinfluence,
counterpoise,
counterpressure,
counterweight,
counterworking,
course, crossing, current, current of air,
defluxion, denial, downdraft, downflow, downpour, draft, drift, driftage, fall wind, flow, flow of air, flowing, fluency, flux, following wind, foul wind,
gush, head wind, impugnation, impugnment, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind,
mill run, millrace,
monsoon, movement of
air, negation, onrush, onward course, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnation, outflow, race, rebutment, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, resistance, run, rush, set, spate, standing against, stream, stream of air, surge, tail wind, tide, traversal, trend, undercurrent, undertow, updraft, water flow, wind