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ZIG-ZAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zig-zag mean?
• ZIG-ZAG (adjective)
The adjective ZIG-ZAG has 1 sense:
1. having short sharp turns or angles
Familiarity information: ZIG-ZAG used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having short sharp turns or angles
Synonyms:
zig-zag; zigzag
Similar:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Derivation:
zigzag (an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions)
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)
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