Meaning of zigzag in English
(Definition of zigzag from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
zigzag | American Dictionary
to move by going first in one direction and then in a different direction, and continuing in this way:
Examples of zigzag
zigzag
The winding streets were unpaved, lacked pavements, and zigzagged meaninglessly, often following the course of a stream.
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Later, the collapsed vortex pair is distorted into irregular antisymmetric zigzags (figure 7c).
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The growth of the zigzags does not saturate and finally layers of individual pancake dipoles are produced.
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Behind the glass, blond desks floated on a creamy carpet with magenta zigzags.
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He asked who was responsible for policing zigzags.
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If we had that person in place now we would not have the zigzagging that goes on between the six-monthly presidencies.
Three of the businesses which have complained are located next to bus stops, on zigzags next to traffic signals—as they were before the red route was introduced.
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The 3-dimensional architecture of chromatin in-situ - electron tomography reveals fibers composed of a continuously variable zigzag nucleosomal ribbon.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The serpentine early track often has a reddish orange frass stain that occasionally zigzags from side to side.
On offense, he used a complicated system of passing called the zig-zag or figure eight offense.
An old zig-zag climbs from just below the tarn although, predictably, more modern walkers have felt a need to cut the corners.
When spawning takes place the female zig-zags over the nest site and the male follows fertilizing the eggs which have been deposited.
When flushed, they utter a sharp note that sounds like "scape, scape" and fly off in a series of aerial zig-zags to confuse predators.
The second half is much wider, much contorted and often zigzagging.
A second terra-cotta frieze runs the whole length of the lower facade, presenting a dramatic collection of angular zigzags and curvy leaves.
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ジグザグ, ジグザグに進（すす）む…
zikzak, yılankavi, zikzak çizmek…
zigzag [masculine], zigzaguer, zigzag…
ziga-zaga…
kronkelend, zigzaggen…
klikatý, klikatit se…
siksak-, siksakke…
berkelok-kelok…
เป็นรูปฟันปลา, วกวน, เลี้ยวไปมา…
ngoằn ngèo, chạy ngoằn ngèo…
zygzak, kluczyć, iść zygzakiem…
sicksack, sicksacka, gå i sicksack…
berliku-liku, bengkang-bengkok…
Zickzack-…, im Zickzack verlaufen…
sikksakk [masculine-neuter], gå i sikksakk, sikksakk…
지그재그…
зиґзаґоподібний, робити зиґзаґи…
zig-zag, a zigzag, zigzagare…
