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"I drew a mouth like this," he said, waving his finger like a zig-zag.

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  1. noun One of a series of sharp turns or reversals: The zigs and zags of foreign policy.
  2. intransitive verb To turn or change direction suddenly. Usually used in contrast to zag: When your opponent zigs, zag!
  3. intransitive verb To behave erratically or indecisively. Usually used with zag: The market has zigged and zagged for months.

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  • The path zig-zagged, and at one turning he should have gone right rather than left, for after a few paces he came out into a courtyard paved with large pink slabs, outside the kitchen and the wash-house. —  Maigret And The Old Lady - Georges Simenon - 60
  • From the beautiful vale through which winds the Koissu, a narrow path cut out of the rock is carried zig-zag up a height of two or three hundred feet, and is exposed to be swept by stones let loose from above of any enemy that might be daring enough to [17] attack this strong-hold. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of Schamyl, by J. Milton Mackie.
  • Taylor tied the game with a zig-zig-zag rushing effort from 17 yards early in the second quarter. —  NCAA News -- www.ncaa.com
  • It is what the bodybuilders call the zig zag method. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • "I drew a mouth like this," he said, waving his finger like a zig-zag. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
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