zig
[ zig ]
verb (used without object),zigged, zig·ging.
to move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course: He zigged when he should have zagged.
Origin of zig
1First recorded in 1785–95; extracted from zigzag
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How to use zig in a sentence
Florida has a way of bucking national trends in off-year elections, zigging left when the rest of the country zags right.
It was a steep zig-zag path, and looking upwards you could see it zigging and zagging right away to the sky line.
The Adventures of Akbar | Flora Annie SteelAfter zigging through a bombproof half-furlong of roof, he was dropping into a large twilit cave.
The Creature from Cleveland Depths | Fritz Reuter Leiber
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