ground swell

noun

Definition of ground swellnext
as in tidal wave

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  1. tidal wave
  2. roller
  3. riffle
  4. wavelet
Noun
  • Monsanto has faced a tidal wave of litigation in recent years over its Roundup product.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • With a population of over 200 million, any news story generates a tidal wave of jokes, many of them very sharp.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of tidal wave
Noun
  • Shanghai Electric also displayed several core robotic components, including a planetary roller screw that the company says can handle more than three times the load of conventional ball screws.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • The anniversary event featured roller-skating servers, a DJ, and Cybercabs, despite local roadwork and a recent water main burst causing traffic challenges.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of roller
Noun
  • The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
  • Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.
    — Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Definition of riffle
Noun
  • Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.
    — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Definition of wavelet
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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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