zigzag
verb/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they zigzag | /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/ |
| he / she / it zigzags | /ˈzɪɡzæɡz/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡz/ |
| past simple zigzagged | /ˈzɪɡzæɡd/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡd/ |
| past participle zigzagged | /ˈzɪɡzæɡd/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡd/ |
| -ing form zigzagging | /ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/ /ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) to move forward by making sharp sudden turns first to the left and then to the right
- The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryZigzag is used with these nouns as the subject:- path
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
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