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The road is one big long zig-zag which is kinda fun-but probably not that fun for the bus driver!

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  1. noun One of a series of sharp turns or reversals: many zigs and zags in the mountain road; the zigs and zags of the stock market.
  2. intransitive verb To turn or change direction suddenly. Usually used in contrast to zig: The runner zigged when he should have zagged.
  3. intransitive verb To behave erratically or indecisively. Usually used with zig: zigging and zagging for years over the question of disarmament.

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  • She is expected to play the sixths and octaves with the greatest velocity (which no man will accomplish, not even Clementi), and if she tries she will produce a frightful zig-zag, and nothing more. —  Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words
  • These guys are moving at incredible speeds and if a runner zigs and the defender thought we was going to zag, at times arms hit the face mask. —  Life In The Great Midwest
  • But with the TV business beset by new technology, trying to zig where others zag might be as good a strategy as any. —  Advertising Age - Homepage
  • That is because a zig-zag ordering method is used (please refer to my page on JPEG compression for some further detail on it). —  doggdot.us
  • The road is one big long zig-zag which is kinda fun-but probably not that fun for the bus driver! —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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