Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One of a series of sharp turns or reversals: The zigs and zags of foreign policy.
- v. To turn or change direction suddenly. Usually used in contrast to zag: When your opponent zigs, zag!
- v. To behave erratically or indecisively. Usually used with zag: The market has zigged and zagged for months.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Etymologies
- From zigzag. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One knits a rectangular strip, about 3 wide, and attaches it to a bib thing in zig-zag fashion, overlapping itself.”
“The Crash of 1929 and the Depression marked the next zag, followed by the longterm zig sparked by the New Deal and the host of social legislation that went with it.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Olmsted: Taking Comfort in the Zig-Zagging of American History
“The figures of these men and women straggled past the flower-bed with a curiously irregular movement not unlike that of the white and blue butterflies who crossed the turf in zig-zag flights from bed to bed.”
“The road down the mountain wound constantly, and we travelled in short, zig-zag lines, in order to avoid the extremely abrupt declivities; but occasionally, we were compelled to descend in places that made us pause before making the attempt: they were, some of them, almost perpendicular, and our horses would frequently slide several yards, before they could recover.”
“This plant is called the zig-zag golden-rod because its stem often turns first one way and then the other, as if it hadn't made up its mind which way to grow.”
“When sailing the down wind leg of a race you don't sail directly down wind, you actually tack slightly that is to say zig zag as this allows you travel faster than the wind.”
“_artichoke_, but better known as a zig-zag cracker; "if they do not understand English, perhaps they may comprehend pyrotechnics.”
“‘E was kind of zig-zagging across the pavement, and I bumps into ’im accidental-like.”
“It's not a big deal, but you do this kind of zig zagging often enough -- and McCain has done it a LOT -- and you sort of undercut your "Experience" and "Steadiness at the Helm" arguments.”
“Then we kind of zig-zagged around till g.w. ... that's when we ran off the cliff.”
Nancy & Harry: Comedic Duo Bring Down the House (and Senate)
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘zig’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upsid...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 233 more...
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bkerr's Words
wyrd, absinthe, homunculus, zorkmid, informon, decider, diachronic, frak, hwæt, feldercarb, yawp, dogfooding and 540 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
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hobofood's Words
discombobulate, edwardian, illegitimate, disseminate, delicious, draconian, duodenum, polyptoton, exculpation, tautology, polyp, plop and 37 more...
Tweets
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uselessness Main screen turn off. May 7, 2007
bkerr Move zig -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base
this is one of those net meme party-like-it's-2001 kind of things. May 7, 2007
jennarenn Funny, I always associate it with zag. Where does justice fit in? May 6, 2007
bkerr For great justice May 6, 2007