to zag
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5.6
- verb
- /zæɡ/
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zigzaguear
- Right now, these apps may be on a path that runs parallel to Twitter's business plan, but what happens when that path zags?
Shopify comes in and says, we're going to zag.
- Shopify comes in and says, we're going to zag.
Examples
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We zig and zag as much as we possibly can, and it's more compelling to us to leave a trail of confusion.
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Oh, I zips and I zags, I to's and fro's - dat's what you axe me an' dat's what you knows.
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And and that's why I think there were the media has to, you know, zag when everybody wants them to zig.
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But, you know, when people are zigging, he is always zagging, you know, And so we'll, we'll get to some more turns of this wheel.
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What is the gravitational energy gained by the object because it has fallen down, It is zagging down due to gravity.
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When we zig, he zags.
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When we zig, he zags.
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And if we need to zig and zag as the format settles, will zig and zag.
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As a pathway or trail of thought, it zigs; and, having zigged, then, in a very purposeful and deliberate way, it zags.
Academic text (1998) -
The children love to zag back and forth while riding their bikes down the path.
Synonyms
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2.0
To move something suddenly and sharply
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4.2
To change direction suddenly
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5.6
To move suddenly and unsteadily, often forward or to one side
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3.7
To move in a sudden, rough way
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3.2
Turn quickly to face the opposite direction
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3.7
A sudden sharp turn to avoid something
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6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
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3.9
To move by turning sharply first one way then the other
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8.1
To move quickly to avoid something by changing direction
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6.4
To move along a path that zigzags up or down a slope
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Etymology
Zag as a verb comes from the same pair zigzag, which copies a back-and-forth move and originally came from the German 'zickzack'. So to zag is to make a quick, sudden 'turn' in the opposite direction during a zigzag.