Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms: 1  occasional(a)(adj) occurring from time to time. 2  episodic, occasional(adj) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals. 3  casual, occasional(adj) occurring from time to time.  periodic, occasional(adj) recurring or reappearing from time to time.
Tide Times for Holden Beach, North Carolina. Today's tide charts show that the first high Tide will be at 02:19 am with a water level of 5.02 ft. It is then followed by a low tide at 08:51 am with a maximum water level of -0.39 ft.
A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. Neap tide comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon. Middle English neep, from Old English n&emacron;p(fl&omacron;d), neap (tide). Neap tides occur when the sun, earth, and moon form a right angle and the gravitational pull of the sun counteracts the pull of the moon. neap-tide. The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.