zag

[ zag ]

verb (used without object)

, zagged, zag·ging.

1. to move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course:

   First we zigged, then we zagged, trying to avoid the bull.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zag¹

First recorded in 1785–95; extracted from zigzag

Example Sentences

But he also sees this zig-zag price movement compressing, and soon to break.

From The Daily Beast

As the Silence walked on, I could see the grass waving in zig-zag curves across the river.

From Project Gutenberg

Then all this stopped and on the wet undergrowth again there was a movement like the zig-zag stripe of the tiger's skin.

From Project Gutenberg

About a mile off he saw two men coming slowly up by a zig-zag path toward the very point where he stood.

From Project Gutenberg

My walk during the day had been of such a zig-zag nature that I had lost my compass points, and had made no landmarks.

From Project Gutenberg

Only too soon we were in the midst of terribly crevassed ground, through which one could only thread a slow and zig-zag course.

From Project Gutenberg