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Webster 1913 Edition


Zigzag

Zig′zagˊ

,
Noun.
[F.
zigzag
, G.
zickzack
, from
zacke
,
zacken
, a dentil, tooth. Cf.
Tack
a small nail.]
1.
Something that has short turns or angles.
The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of
zigzag
.
Burke.
2.
(Arch.)
A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of
Chevron
, 3.
3.
(Fort.)
See
Boyau
.

Zig′zagˊ

,
Adj.
Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.

Zig′zagˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Zigzagged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Zigzagging
.]
To form with short turns.

Zig′zagˊ

,
Verb.
I.
To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
R. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Zigzag

ZIGZAG

,
Adj.
Having short turns.

ZIGZAG

,
Noun.
Something that has short turns or angles.

ZIGZAG

,
Verb.
T.
To form with short turns.
Ziment water, or copper water, is a name given to water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

Definition 2024


Zigzag

Zigzag

See also: zigzag and zig-zag

English

Proper noun

Zigzag

  1. a small town in Oregon

zigzag

zigzag

See also: Zigzag and zig-zag

English

Noun

zigzag (plural zigzags)

  1. a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
  2. one of such sharp turns

Translations

Adjective

zigzag (comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

  1. Moving in, or having a zigzag.

Translations

Verb

zigzag (third-person singular simple present zigzags, present participle zigzagging, simple past and past participle zigzagged)

  1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

Translations

Adverb

zigzag (comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

  1. in a zigzag manner or pattern

Translations

References

  1. zigzag” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

French

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /zig.zag/

Noun

zigzag m (plural zigzags)

  1. zigzag

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French zigzag.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θiɡˈθaɡ/
  • (Others) IPA(key): /siɡˈsaɡ/

Noun

zigzag m (plural zigzags)

  1. zigzag

Derived terms

References

zigzag” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.