backwash
Water pulled backward
Backwash is water pushed backward, especially the wave that retreats after breaking on shore or the turbulent water churned behind a moving boat or propeller.
By extension, backwash describes any aftermath or residual effect: the political backwash of the scandal.
In casual use, backwash is the liquid that flows back into a container after someone drinks from it: I don't want your backwash.
Waves near shore
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- swashWater flowing over ground
- undertowSubsurface seaward current
- shorelineLand-water boundary
beach · tide · foam · breaker · recede · sand · shingle · ebb
Indirect result of action
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- blowbackUnintended negative consequences
- reboundReturn after deflection
reaction · reversal · kickback · aftereffect · echo · recoil · residue · spillover
Circular counter-current
- undertowSubsurface seaward current
- riptideDangerous outward current
- wakePath left in water
- propwashAir displaced by propeller
churn · turbulence · swirl · current · outflow · surge · displacement · draft
surf
Waves near shore
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- swashWater flowing over ground
- undertowSubsurface seaward current
shoreline · beach · tide · foam · breaker · recede · sand · shingle · ebb · seawater
repercussion
Indirect result of action
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- blowbackUnintended negative consequences
rebound · reaction · reversal · kickback · aftereffect · echo · recoil · residue · spillover
eddy
Circular counter-current
propwash · churn · turbulence · swirl · current · outflow · surge · displacement · draft · slipstream
eddy
Circular counter-current
hydraulic · current · paddle · upstream · ferry · surf · boil · whitewater · play · recirculation
spit
Expelled mouth moisture
straw · cup · contamination · residue · floaties · gross · slobber · mouth · bacteria · sharing
- water motionsplash, pour, flow, trickle, gush
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, longboards, shortboards, longboard
- coastal processeswaves, tides, currents, surf, breakers
- Filtrationfilter paper, air filters, oil filters, carbon filters, HEPA filtration
- rocky shoresrocky shores, tidal pools, intertidal zone, rockpools, sea stacks
- watercolorwashes, wet-on-wet, brushes, palette, pigment
- work backwardReason from conclusion to premise