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zigzag adjective /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ [only before noun] jump to other results   enlarge image- a zigzag line/path/pattern
zigzag noun /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ jump to other results - a line or pattern that looks like a series of letter W’s as it bends to the left and then to the right again
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags.
- The path rose in zigzags up the hillside.
Topics Colours and Shapesc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
zigzag verb /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ [intransitive] jump to other results - (+ adv./prep.) to move forward by making sharp sudden turns first to the left and then to the right
- The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryZigzag is used with these nouns as the subject: See full entry Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
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