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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“It would be an arrogant thing to think we’re alone,” she says as the black SUV she’s sitting in zigzags through Midtown Manhattan traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Their filmography zigzags between thrillers and comedies, lean exercises and awards heavyweights, never making the same movie twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
Every ten feet, red and blue flags jutted up from the Styrofoam snow, and zigzags of black ribbon denoted hidden crevasses.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
“The colors appear in geometric shapes like spirals or balls or zigzags, that sort of thing. Or sometimes just a hazy patch of colored air.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
