zigzag

Plural: zigzags

Noun

• an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
• One of these sharp turns.

Verb

Verb Forms: zigzagged, zigzagging, zigzags

• To move or proceed in a path with sharp turns.
• travel along a zigzag path
  • "The river zigzags through the countryside"
• To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

Adjective Satellite

• having short sharp turns or angles

Adverb

• in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
  • "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"

Adj

• Moving in, or having a zigzag.
• Drunk.

Adv

• in a zigzag manner or pattern

Examples

• He had to ZIGZAG his letters to fit them into the last open space.

Synonyms

crank, zag, zig, zig-zag, weave, zig and zag

Related Words

zig when one should zag

Anagrams of zigzag