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The second syllable of zigzag used as a separate word (adv., v., or n.) to express a movement or direction inclined at an angle to that indicated by zig.
1793Burns Let. to R. Ainslie 26 Apr., I have written many a letter in return for letters received, but, then, they were original matter. Spurt away! zig here, zag there. 1840Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. (1844) II. 403 We go down by zig and zag towards the level of the Tiber. 1900H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne xii, His steel zags down like lightning before a man's eye can teach his hand to parry. 1906Spectator 1 Dec. 879/2 One of the chief difficulties of walking up snipe is that when you shoot zig he goes zag, and when you shoot zag he goes zig. |