zigzag
noun
a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
is zigzagging
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present progressiveof zigzag (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The artist Francesca DiMattio is zigzagging across her vast, warehouselike studio in the rural town of Hillsdale, N.Y., simultaneously firing porcelain, hand-painting ceramic flowers and touching up pottery glazes for three different sculptures.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2018
The steamship herself is zigzagging, rendering accurate calculations as to her course uncertain.
From Our Navy in the War by Lawrence Perry
One of the patients is zigzagging about the fairway like a liner pursued by submarines.
From The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
