to zigzag
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3.9
- verb
- /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/
:
zigzaguear
- He zigzags through oncoming cars, not bothering about traffic signals.
- trail that zigzags
- line that zigzags
- then he zigzags
Yeah, do we follow this start zigzagging?
- Yeah, do we follow this start zigzagging?
- It's going to get lots of bulk at the roots and then just zigzag out and really fan your lashes out.
- Same as when you when you're doing this carrying and running, don't run with it unless it's a slight incline and run sort of zigzagging.
- And these tunnels can be seen zigzagging all throughout your your leaf.
- I kept this, you know, zigzagging down the road, right, They're trying to trying to trying to throw them off a firing position, right, didn't come right, didn't come right.
- And then it there was zigzagging across the road in peak traffic on a set of traffic lights.
Examples
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He keeps his eye on his son as Tommy zigzags through the crowd.
Fiction book (1991) -
To avoid the obstacles, she had to zigzag through the crowded street.
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So we just do in a zigzag like that and keep going.
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Just go in and zigzag up, kind of lift them up.
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You know, I can come in here and zigzag back and forth inside the line if I really want to.
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Now we can zigzag back and forth across the whole snake until we reach the end.
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Then I do the mid theme and then back up through another one to zigzag to the far end.
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So traveling at top speed in a zigzag course pretty much made it impossible for these ships to be sunk by a sub.
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Bracey zigzags through the jungle, then suddenly stops.
Fiction book (1998) -
A path zigzags sharply upward through the trees and vine labyrinth, and by this, the boy leads the way with the speed and agility of a goat.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
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6.4
To move along a path that zigzags up or down a slope
Antonyms
Compounds
A North American plant with zigzag stems and small yellow flowers in woodlands
How Winding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Zigzag as a verb comes from the quick moves zig and zag. A helpful way to remember it is to picture turning first one way and then the other, so to 'zigzag' is to move with quick, alternating turns.