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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ZIGZAG, a. Having short turns.
ZIGZAG, n. Something that has short turns or angles.
ZIGZAG, v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having short sharp turns or angles [syn: zigzag, zig- zag] n
1: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions [syn: zigzag, zig, zag] v
1: travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" [syn: zigzag, crank] adv
1: in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French Date: 1712 one of a series of short sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a course; also something having the form or character of such a series <a blouse with green zigzags> <endured the zigzags of policy — Richard Bernstein> • zigzaggy adjective II. adverb Date: circa 1730 in or by a zigzag path or course III. adjective Date: 1750 having short sharp turns or angles <a zigzag trail> IV. verb (zigzagged; zigzagging) Date: 1777 transitive verb to form into a zigzag or move along a zigzag course intransitive verb to lie in, proceed along, or consist of a zigzag course

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns. 2 (often in pl.) each of these turns. --adj. having the form of a zigzag; alternating right and left. --adv. with a zigzag course. --v.intr. (zigzagged, zigzagging) move in a zigzag course. Derivatives: zigzaggedly adv. Etymology: F f. G zickzack

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zigzag Zig"zag`, v. i. To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape. --R. Browning.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zigzag Zig"zag`, n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zigzag Zig"zag`, a. Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zigzag Zig"zag`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Zigzagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Zigzagging.] To form with short turns.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also zig-zag(zigzags, zigzagging, zigzagged) 1. A zigzag is a line which has a series of angles in it like a continuous series of 'W's. They staggered in a zigzag across the tarmac. ...a zigzag pattern. N-COUNT 2. If you zigzag, you move forward by going at an angle first to one side then to the other. I zigzagged down a labyrinth of alleys... Expertly he zigzagged his way across the field, avoiding the deeper gullies. VERB: V prep, V way prep, also V

Foolish Dictionary

The popular route after a heavy dinner. Old adage, "The longest way round is the drunkard's way home!"

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