Zigzag

Quick meaning: Zigzag is a noun meaning A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.

Meaning

A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.

More Meanings

1. One of these sharp turns.
2. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
3. (US military slang, World War I) Drunk.
4. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
5. In a zigzag manner or pattern.

Example Sentences

There, by dint of looking closely about me, I found a rough zig-zag descending path notched out: which I followed.

Right and left ranked the toothed and zigzag line of storm-torn heights, forming the series which culminated in the one beneath their feet.

His thoughts were fixed on one subject, and it was an effort to him to follow the zigzag remarks of his children—an effort which he did not make.

The entrance to this ancient place of devotion was under a very low round arch, ornamented by several courses of that zig-zag moulding, resembling shark's teeth, which appears so often in the more ancient Saxon churches.

Word Forms

• zigzags
• zig-zag
• zigzagging
• zigzagged

Synonyms for zigzag

Depending on context, synonyms include weave, crooked, crank, zig, zag.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zag, zig, crooked, crank, line, diagonal.

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