Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having sharp and quick turns; zigzag.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having sharp turns.

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  • adjective made up of zigzags

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Examples

  • June 10, 2009 at 8:34 am aww, mai conga lyne wuz awl serpintine, WP tuuk owt mai zigzaggy spaicin. meen ol WP!

    Today’s access password is “bellyrub”. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Sharks have been seen to follow the same zigzaggy path through water that an injured fish took some time before: through not just its blood but also its hormones, the fish has left a bit of itself behind.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • The result is every bit as truncated and zigzaggy as you might imagine.

    A Melting Pot of Mush 2009

  • The result is every bit as truncated and zigzaggy as you might imagine.

    A Melting Pot of Mush 2009

  • Sharks have been seen to follow the same zigzaggy path through water that an injured fish took some time before: through not just its blood but also its hormones, the fish has left a bit of itself behind.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • The would-be wreckerator even realized that his/her handwriting would prevent a straight-line text and did a nice staggered zigzaggy line for the festive and space-saving effect!

    Insulting Inscriptions 101 Jen 2009

  • A bit zigzaggy, and I'm sure he was in for a scolding by wife wasp, but with a good chance of survival.

    June recipe: Frittata Carla 2008

  • Not surprisingly, given the trouble we had getting here, I get lost on my way back, but the fireworks are pretty to watch as they rocket through the night sky, and the neon glow of the gambling capital is always there as a guide during my slightly melancholy, zigzaggy trip back home.

    TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Peter Alson 2006

  • Not surprisingly, given the trouble we had getting here, I get lost on my way back, but the fireworks are pretty to watch as they rocket through the night sky, and the neon glow of the gambling capital is always there as a guide during my slightly melancholy, zigzaggy trip back home.

    TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Peter Alson 2006

  • Foldout tables, collapsible chairs as thin as Lunar gravity permitted, chests that doubled as seats allowed passage, occasionally zigzaggy, no matter what was going on in the way of games, partying, entertainment, education, or simple ease.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

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