Synonyms for tidal bore

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bawr, bohr

Phonetic Transcription : bɔr, boʊr

Définition of tidal bore

Origin : Old English borian "to bore through, perforate," from bor "auger," from Proto-Germanic *buron (cf. Old Norse bora, Swedish borra, Old High German boron, Middle Dutch boren, German bohren), from PIE root *bher- (2) "to cut with a sharp point, pierce, bore" (cf. Greek pharao "I plow," Latin forare "to bore, pierce," Old Church Slavonic barjo "to strike, fight," Albanian brime "hole").
The meaning "diameter of a tube" is first recorded 1570s; hence figurative slang full bore (1936) "at maximum speed," from notion of unchoked carburetor on an engine. Sense of "be tiresome or dull" first attested 1768, a vogue word c.1780-81 according to Grose; possibly a figurative extension of "to move forward slowly and persistently," as a boring tool does.

As in tidal wave : noun giant sea wave

Example sentences :

The phenomenon of the tidal bore is sometimes seen on the Humber.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 » by Various

This had been in comparatively quiet water all the way, with nothing much to look out for save the tidal bore at the lower end.
Extract from : « Down the Columbia » by Lewis R. Freeman

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