Zigzag

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line or course that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
  • n. One of a series of such sharp turns.
  • n. Something, such as a road or design, that exhibits one or a series of sharp turns.
  • adj. Moving in or having a zigzag.
  • ad. In a zigzag manner or pattern.
  • verb-intransitive. To move in or form a zigzag: a destroyer zigzagging to evade torpedos.
  • v. To cause to move in or form a zigzag.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
  • n. one of such sharp turns
  • adj. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
  • v. to move in a zigzag manner
  • ad. in a zigzag manner or pattern
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Something that has short turns or angles.
  • n. A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.
  • n. See Boyau.
  • adj. Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.
  • v. To form with short turns.
  • verb-intransitive. To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sharp turning back and forth or in and out; an irregular, abrupt angulation; one of a series of sharp turns in a linear or curvilinear course: nearly always in the plural.
  • n. A formation with a succession of sharp turnings or angles; something that has a number of abrupt angulations, like those of chain-lightning.
  • n. Specifically
  • n. A winding path with sharp turns, as up the side of a steep mountain.
  • n. In fortification, a trench of approach against a fortress, so constructed that the line of trench may not be enfiladed by the defenders: same as boyau.
  • n. In architecture, same as chevron, 2.
  • n. In the fisheries, a salmon-stair or fish way.
  • n. In entomology, a British moth, Bombyx dispar.
  • Having sharp and quick turns or flexures; turning frequently back and forth; in botany, angularly bent from side to side.
  • In a zigzag manner; with frequent sharp turns.
  • To move or advance in a zigzag fashion; form zigzags in a course; turn sharply back and forth.
  • To form in zigzags, or with short turns or angles.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having short sharp turns or angles
  • ad. in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
  • adj. having short sharp turns or angles
  • v. travel along a zigzag path
  • n. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
  • Equivalent
    crooked   
    Antonym
    straight   
    Verb Form
    zigzagged    zigzagging    zigzaging    zigzags   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go    angular shape    angularity   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    zigzagged    zigzagging    chevron    boyau   
    Form
    zigzagged    zigzagging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dancetté    boyau    crooked    sinuous    cranky    zigzaggy    dog-legged    chevrony    stagger    wind   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diagonal    transverse    circuitous    upward    spiral    serpentine    vertical    dead-end    tortuous    v-shaped