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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.]

Something that has short turns or angles.

The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of

zigzag

Burke.

(Arch.)

A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of

Chevron

, 3.

(Fort.)

See

Boyau

Zig′zagˊ

Adj.

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

Zig′zagˊ

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Zigzagged

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Zigzagging

To form with short turns.

Zig′zagˊ

Verb.

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.

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

See also: zigzag and zig-zag

English

Proper noun

Zigzag

a small town in Oregon

zigzag

See also: Zigzag and zig-zag

English

Noun

zigzag ‎(plural zigzags)

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

Translations

a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions

Afrikaans: sigsag
Armenian: զիգզագ (hy) ‎(zigzag)
Catalan: ziga-zaga (ca) f, zig-zag (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏅᏗᏍᏔᏅᏓ ‎(didanvdistanvda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 之字形 (zh) ‎(zhīzìxíng), Z字形
Cornish: kammdro f, ygam-ogam m
Esperanto: zigzago
Finnish: siksak, siksakki (fi), (dated) sik-sak
French: zigzag (fr) m
Galician: zigzag m
Georgian: ზიგზაგი ‎(zigzagi), იკანკელი ‎(iḳanḳeli), ტეხილი ‎(ṭexili)
German: Zickzack (de) m
Hungarian: cikcakk (hu)

Irish: fiarlán m
Italian: zigzag (it) m
Japanese: ジグザグ ‎(jiguzagu)
Korean: 갈지자 ‎(galjija), 지그재그 (ko) ‎(jigeu-jaegeu)
Norwegian: sikksakk m
Persian: زیگزاگ (fa) ‎(zigzâg)
Polish: zygzak (pl) m
Portuguese: ziguezague (pt) m
Russian: зигза́г (ru) m ‎(zigzág)
Sotho: letswedintsweke
Spanish: zigzag (es) m
Turkish: zikzak (tr)
Welsh: igam-ogam (cy) m

Adjective

zigzag ‎(comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

Moving in, or having a zigzag.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  […] between two spears of rock, directly in line with his position, showed a zigzag crack that at night would let through the gleam of sky.

Translations

moving in or having a zigzag

Esperanto: zigzaga
Finnish: mutkitteleva
Georgian: დაკლაკნილი ‎(daḳlaḳnili), ზიგზაგისებრი ‎(zigzagisebri), ზიგზაგური ‎(zigzaguri), კლაკნილი ‎(ḳlaḳnili), იკანკლური ‎(iḳanḳluri)

Maori: kōpekapeka
Portuguese: ziguezagueante
Scottish Gaelic: lùbach
Spanish: en zigzag
Welsh: igam-ogam (cy)

Verb

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

To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  At the base this vent was dark, cool, and smelled of dry, musty dust. It zigzagged so that he could not see ahead more than a few yards at a time.

Translations

move in a zigzag manner

Catalan: zigzaguejar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 曲折前進, 曲折前进 ‎(qūzhé qiánjìn), 蜿蜒 (zh) ‎(wānyán), 彎彎曲曲 (zh), 弯弯曲曲 (zh) ‎(wānwānqūqū)
Cornish: kammdreylya
Czech: kličkovat impf
Esperanto: zigzagi
Finnish: pujotella (fi), säntäillä (fi), mutkitella
French: zigzaguer (fr)

Ido: zigzagar (io)
Japanese: ジグザグに進む ‎(jiguzagu ni susumu)
Maori: whakatahataha
Portuguese: ziguezaguear (pt)
Russian: идти́ зигза́гом ‎(idtí zigzágom), де́лать зигза́ги ‎(délatʹ zigzági)
Serbo-Croatian: ševuljica
Spanish: zigzaguear (es)
Welsh: igamogamu
ǃXóõ: ǂūbe

Adverb

zigzag ‎(comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

in a zigzag manner or pattern

Translations

in a zigzag manner or pattern

Chinese:
Mandarin: 之字形 (zh) ‎(zhīzìxíng)
Esperanto: zigzage
Finnish: mutkittelevasti
Georgian: ზიგზაგურად ‎(zigzagurad), დაკლაკნილად ‎(daḳlaḳnilad), იკანკლურად ‎(iḳanḳlurad), კლაკნილად ‎(ḳlaḳnilad)
German: zickzack

Japanese: ジグザグ ‎(jiguzagu), 雁木 ‎(がんぎ, gangi)
Korean: 갈지자로 ‎(galjijaru), 지그재그로 ‎(jigeu-jaegeu-ro), 비틀배틀 ‎(biteul-baeteul), 실룩샐룩 ‎(silluk-saelluk), 휙획 ‎(hwik-hoek)
Portuguese: ziguezagueando
Russian: зигза́г (ru) m ‎(zigzág)
Spanish: en zigzag
Welsh: igam-ogam (cy), o un ochr i'r llall

References

↑ “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)

zigzag

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French zigzag.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zigzag m ‎(plural zigzags)

zigzag

Derived terms

References

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

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Webster 1913 Edition

Zigzag

Zig′zagˊ

Zig′zagˊ

Zig′zagˊ

Zig′zagˊ

Webster 1828 Edition

Zigzag

ZIGZAG

ZIGZAG

ZIGZAG

Definition 2024

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