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1. (n.) zigzag
a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
2. zigzag
one of a series of such turns, as in a line.
3. (adj.) zigzag
proceeding or formed in a zigzag:
zigzag stitches.
4. (adv.) zigzag
in a zigzag manner.
5. (v.t.) zigzag
to make (something) zigzag, as in form or course; move in a zigzag direction.
6. (v.i.) zigzag
to proceed in a zigzag line or course.
Etymology: (1705–15; < F, earlier ziczac < G zickzack, gradational compound based on Zacketack1)
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| Definition of 'zigzag' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) zigzag, zig, zag
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
2. (verb) zigzag, zig-zag
having short sharp turns or angles
3. (adverb) zigzag, crank
travel along a zigzag path
"The river zigzags through the countryside"
4. (adverb) zigzag
in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
"birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"
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1. (noun) zigzag
a line with sharp angles as it repeatedly changes direction
fabric with a black zigzag pattern across it
2. (verb) zigzag
to bend or curve in different directions
a road zigzagging up the mountainside
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| Definition of 'zigzag' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) zigzag
having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course
2. (noun) zigzag
something that has short turns or angles
3. (noun) zigzag
a molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3
4. (noun) zigzag
see Boyau
5. (verb) zigzag
to form with short turns
6. (verb) zigzag
to move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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zigzag
The route followed by poets in arriving at truth, as opposed to the direct course which they take for the buffet.
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Sense: (of a line, road etc) having sharp bends or angles from side to side
a zigzag path through the woods.
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 Afrikaans: sigsag |
 Arabic: مَسْلَك مُتَعَرِّج |
 Bulgarian: зигзагообразен |
 Brazilian: ziguezague |
 Czech: klikatý |
 German: Zickzack-... |
 Danish: siksak- |
 Greek: ζιγκ ζαγκ |
 Spanish: zigzag |
 Estonian: siksakiline |
 Farsi: زیگزاگ |
 Finnish: mutkitteleva |
 French: zigzag |
 Hebrew: זִיגזַג |
 Hindi: टेढा मेढा रस्ता |
 Croatian: zavojit |
 Hungarian: zegzugos |
 Indonesian: berkelok-kelok |
 Icelandic: sikksakk |
 Italian: a zigzag |
 Japanese: ジグザグの |
 Korean: 번개형 |
 Lithuanian: zigzagas |
 Latvian: zigzagveida-; zigzagveidī |
 Malay: berliku-liku |
 Dutch: kronkelend |
 Norwegian: sikksakk |
 Polish: zygzak |
 Persian: زیگزاگ |
 Pashto: زیګزاګ |
 Portuguese: ziguezague |
 Romanian: zigzag |
 Russian: зигзагообразный |
 Slovak: kľukatý |
 Slovenian: cikcakast |
 Serbian: krivudav |
 Swedish: sicksack |
 Thai: เป็นรูปฟันปลา |
 Turkish: zikzak, yılankavi |
 Taiwanese: 之字形 |
 Ukrainian: зиґзаґоподібний |
 Urdu: آڑی ترچھی سڑک |
 Vietnamese: ngoằn ngèo |
 Chinese: 之字形，z 字形 |
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