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▪ I. zig, n. and v.|zɪg|
The first syllable of zigzag, used in the same way as zag. Hence ˈzigging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1969Southern Rev. July 760 After that We drove back, zigging, cautious. 1971G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 11 An ant zigs quietly over the windowsill. 1977Time 17 Oct. 24/3 The Carter Administration's push for Geneva will surely require much more shoving, not to mention zigging and zagging, in the weeks ahead if it is to succeed. 1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance vii. 72 The transports were on a zig away. 1982A. Melville-Ross Trigger v. 45 What's his course?..Go deep if it zigs towards us. Ibid. 53 ‘They've turned ninety degrees to starboard.’.. ‘A zig, sir?’ ‘Afraid not. They've altered course.’ 1983Sci. Amer. July 14/2 Subtler to see is the line just below, whose zigging and zagging is 180 degrees out of phase with the top line. 1985S. Vanauken Under the Mercy x. 246 One word more on change and development,..the zigs and zags and the farings forward on one's pilgrimage to God.
▪ II. zig(g
variants of sig n., urine. |