zig

[ zig ]

verb (used without object)

, zigged, zig·ging.

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

   He zigged when he should have zagged.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zig¹

First recorded in 1785–95; extracted from zigzag

Example Sentences

The undercover later returned to get his shirts and the manager, Jamshid Bahrami, presented him with the Zig-Zags.

From The Daily Beast

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

Those leaves were floating through the shadows and when the wind moved, others zig-zagged softly down to join them.

From Project Gutenberg

The sled began zig-zagging, twisting wildly as the shells popped on either side of it.

From Project Gutenberg