zigzag
noun
[ ˈzɪɡzaɡ ]
• a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.
• "she traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger"
zigzag
adjective
• having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left.
• "when chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course"
Similar:
meandering,
zigzagging,
snaking,
snaky,
winding,
wiggly,
squiggly,
crooked,
tacking,
twisting,
twisty,
full of twists and turns,
curving,
curvy,
wavy,
deviating,
undulating,
sinuous,
serpentine,
tortuous,
irregular,
sinuate,
ogee,
anfractuous,
flexuous,
meandrous,
serpentiform,
zigzag
adverb
• so as to move right and left alternately.
• "she drives zigzag across the city"
zigzag
verb
• have or move along in a zigzag course.
• "the path zigzagged between dry rises in the land"
Similar:
meander,
snake,
twist,
twist and turn,
tack,
wind,
weave,
wander,
wiggle,
squiggle,
undulate,
Origin:
early 18th century: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
