zigzag
noun
a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
zigzags
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pluralof zigzag.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof zigzag (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
zigzagnouna line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
Example Sentences
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“We’ve done a lot of zigzags, some very painful, some hard but joyful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
They try to hide under trees and the shadows of buildings, and run in zigzags when drones start chasing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
We are hardly the first generation of women to know in our bones that progress comes in zigzags and waves, and occasional backlash.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2023
His volatile emotional states are the biggest constant in a book that zigzags from cars to rockets, tunneling to AI, solar energy to neural implants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
The craft were small and flew low, banking back and forth in lazy zigzags, and the noise of the surf had covered the subtle whine of their propellers.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
