ZAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zag mean? 

• ZAG (noun)
  The noun ZAG has 1 sense:

1. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

  Familiarity information: ZAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

zag; zig; zigzag

Hypernyms ("zag" is a kind of...):

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

 Context examples 

All the valley at my right hand was full of pasture- fields, and cornfields, and wood; and a glittering stream ran zig-zag through the varied shades of green, the mellowing grain, the sombre woodland, the clear and sunny lea.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)