rolling wave

Other forms: rolling waves

Definitions of rolling wave
  1. noun
    a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
    synonyms: roll, roller
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    type of:
    moving ridge, wave
    one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
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