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ziggety, int., a., and adv. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈzɪgətɪ|
Also ziggedy, ziggetty, ziggity.
[App. var. of (hot) diggety s.v. hot a. 12 c.]
1. int. Usu. preceded by hot and followed by dog or another monosyllable: = hot diggety (dog) s.v. hot a. 12 c.
1924Dialect Notes V. 265 I'll be damned, hot ziggety damn. 1926Maines & Grant Wise-Crack Dict. 9/2 Hot ziggetty dog, expressing unlimited admiration. 1933R. James Worth Remembering iii. 62 Hot ziggity zig! 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §277/7 Hot ziggety! hot ziggety damn! or darn! hot ziggety dog! 1944M. Shulman Feather Merchants xiii. 78 ‘Ziggetty!’ he said. 1950A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School viii. 155 Oh, hefty ziggety door knobs! 1961R. Longrigg Daughters of Mulberry viii. 97 ‘Hot ziggety,’ said an old American. ‘That's six grand I made.’ 1984New Yorker 21 May 46/1 Mr. Deforest entered with his face bright, his hands folded behind him. ‘Well, hot ziggetty, a holiday for me. What have we got going here?’
2. adj. and adv. = zigzag a. and adv. Also redupl., as ziggety-zaggety.
1935J. T. Farrell Judgment Day ii. 25 He pursued a ziggedy course along the sidewalk. 1956H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xi. 86, I had gone backwards to walk sideways, ziggety-zaggety. |