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| zig·zag [ zíg zàg ] |
noun (plural zig·zags) |
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1. line taking alternating turns: a line going at an angle first one way, then sharply the opposite way, then back the first way, and so on, like the outline of a saw's teeth
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2. something repeatedly switching directions sharply: something that follows a sharply alternating line or course, e.g. a road with sharp bends alternating right and left
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adverb |
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in sharply alternating directions: along a sharply alternating line or course
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verb (past and past participle zig·zagged, present participle zig·zag·ging, 3rd person present singular zig·zags) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb proceed in sharply alternating path: to follow a sharply alternating line or course, or cause something to move in this way
  They zigzagged across the field, dodging enemy bullets.
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2. transitive verb handicraft make sharply alternating pattern: to make a pattern of sharply alternating lines or directions on something, e.g. with herringbone stitches
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| [Early 18th century. Via French< German Zickzack] |
