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What (who) is zigzag - definition
PATTERN MADE UP OF SMALL CORNERS AT VARIABLE ANGLES, TRACING A PATH BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL LINES
Zig-zag; Zig-Zag; Zig Zag; ZigZag; Zigzaggedness; Zigzagger; Zigzags; Zig zag; Zigzagging
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Zigzag
·vt To form with short turns.
II. Zigzag ·noun ·see Boyau.
III. Zigzag ·noun Something that has short turns or angles.
IV. Zigzag ·vi To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
V. Zigzag ·adj Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.
VI. Zigzag ·noun A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. ·see ·Illust. of Chevron, 3.
zigzag
also zig-zag
(zigzags, zigzagging, zigzagged)
1.
A zigzag is a line which has a series of angles in it like a continuous series of 'W's.
They staggered in a zigzag across the tarmac.
...a zigzag pattern.
N-COUNT
2.
If you zigzag, you move forward by going at an angle first to one side then to the other.
I zigzagged down a labyrinth of alleys...
Expertly he zigzagged his way across the field, avoiding the deeper gullies.
VERB: V prep, V way prep, also V
zigzag
n. to make a zigzag
Wikipedia
Zigzag
A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular.
In geometry, this pattern is described as a skew apeirogon. From the point of view of symmetry, a regular zigzag can be generated from a simple motif like a line segment by repeated application of a glide reflection.
Although the origin of the word is unclear, its first printed appearances were in French-language books and ephemera of the late 17th century.
Examples of use of zigzag
1. The world‘s history experienced its zigzag of the advancing development.
2. Zigzag has about 15 employees, said McLean, who has worked there for about five years.
3. With a height of 144 metres the structures are considered the world‘s tallest zigzag towers.
4. Adults zigzag through the air with nesting material in their beaks.
5. "He went on a wild zigzag on the Ayalon Highways," Likud MK Gideon Sa‘ar punned.