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 Definitions of zigzag  [ˈzɪgˌzæg]  

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Definition of 'zigzag' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'zigzag' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'zigzag' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'zigzag' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definitions of 'zigzag' The Roycroft Dictionary 

zigzag
The route followed by poets in arriving at truth, as opposed to the direct course which they take for the buffet.


Translation of 'zigzag' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a line, road etc) having sharp bends or angles from side to side
a zigzag path through the woods.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sigsag Arabic flag Arabic: مَسْلَك مُتَعَرِّج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: зигзагообразен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ziguezague Czech flag Czech: klikatý German flag German: Zickzack-...
Danish flag Danish: siksak- Greek flag Greek: ζιγκ ζαγκ Spanish flag Spanish: zigzag
Estonian flag Estonian: siksakiline Farsi flag Farsi: زیگزاگ Finnish flag Finnish: mutkitteleva
French flag French: zigzag Hebrew flag Hebrew: זִיגזַג Hindi flag Hindi: टेढा मेढा रस्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: zavojit Hungarian flag Hungarian: zegzugos Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkelok-kelok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sikksakk Italian flag Italian: a zigzag Japanese flag Japanese: ジグザグの
Korean flag Korean: 번개형 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: zigzagas Latvian flag Latvian: zigzagveida-; zigzagveidī
Malay flag Malay: berliku-liku Dutch flag Dutch: kronkelend Norwegian flag Norwegian: sikksakk
Polish flag Polish: zygzak Persian flag Persian: زیگزاگ Pashto flag Pashto: زیګزاګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ziguezague Romanian flag Romanian: zigzag Russian flag Russian: зигзагообразный
Slovak flag Slovak: kľukatý Slovenian flag Slovenian: cikcakast Serbian flag Serbian: krivudav
Swedish flag Swedish: sicksack Thai flag Thai: เป็นรูปฟันปลา Turkish flag Turkish: zikzak, yılankavi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 之字形 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зиґзаґоподібний Urdu flag Urdu: آڑی ترچھی سڑک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngoằn ngèo Chinese flag Chinese: 之字形,z 字形

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