Usually means: Large wave caused by tides.
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  1. tidal wave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tidal wave: Merriam-Webster
  3. tidal wave, tidal wave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tidal wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tidal wave: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tidal wave: Vocabulary.com
  7. tidal-wave, tidal wave: Wordnik
  8. tidal wave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tidal wave: Wiktionary
  10. tidal wave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tidal wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tidal wave: Dictionary.com
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  14. tidal wave: Rhymezone
  15. tidal wave: FreeDictionary.org
  16. tidal wave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. tidal wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tidal Wave: Dictionary of Symbolism

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  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. tidal wave: Legal dictionary

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  1. tidal wave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. tidal wave: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tidal wave: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See tidal_waves as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tidal wave)

noun:  A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide.
noun:  (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)
noun:  (proscribed) A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge; a sudden surge of river water.
noun:  (figuratively) A sudden and powerful surge.
noun:  (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave.
noun:  (oceanography) A crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces.

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