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ZIGZAG

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Irregular inflected forms: zigzagged    , zigzagging   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

Synonyms:

zag; zig; zigzag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("zigzag" is a kind of...):

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

Derivation:

zig-zag (having short sharp turns or angles)

zigzag (travel along a zigzag path)

zigzag (having short sharp turns or angles)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Having short sharp turns or angles

Synonyms:

zig-zag; zigzag

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

Derivation:

zigzag (an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions)

 III. (verb) 

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Meaning:

Travel along a zigzag path

Example:

The river zigzags through the countryside

Synonyms:

crank; zigzag

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "zigzag" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

"Zigzag" entails doing...:

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They zigzag up the hill

Derivation:

zigzag (an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions)

 IV. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In a zigzag course or on a zigzag path

Example:

birds flew zigzag across the blue sky

Classified under:

Adverbs

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