Definitions for "Tidal wave"
Keywords:  tsunami, tide, shore, surge, unusually
an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching far inland and causing great destruction, and usually caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the shore. In Japan, such a wave is called a tsunami.
an unusually large quantity of items or events requiring attention and causing strain on the capacity to handle them; as, a tidal wave of orders for a new product; a tidal wave of tourists.
(1) A wave, in the oceans and seas, produced by tides and TIDAL CURRENTS. (2) Non-technical term in popular usage for an unusually high and destructive water level along a shore. It usually refers to STORM SURGE or TSUNAMI.
Operational code name for the US bombing of the Romanian oilfields of Ploesti - August 1943