zig

Noun (1)

zig (plural zigs)

1. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.
2. A kind of Jewish comedy skit.
   • Zigs at Kfar Hanassi were rooted firmly in the history of British comedy.2025, Gavin Schaffer, An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945

Verb

zig (third-person singular simple present zigs, present participle zigging, simple past and past participle zigged)

1. (intransitive) To make such a turn.

Noun (2) capitalized: ZiG

IPA/ˈzɪɡ/

ZiG (plural ZiG or ZiGs)

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Zimbabwe Gold, the official national currency of Zimbabwe since April 2024, which began as a gold-backed digital token in October 2023.
   • For a start, it's making it compulsory for companies to settle at least half of their quarterly taxes in ZiG, according to the central bank report.2024 April 9, Huileng Tan, “Zimbabwe just introduced a new gold-backed currency in an attempt to fight inflation and wean off the US dollar”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 12 Apr...
   • After the ZiG was introduced electronically, bank accounts of some businesses were frozen, accused by the government of rejecting the new currency.2024 April 30, Farai Mutsaka, “Zimbabwe’s ZiG is the world’s newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis”, in The Associated Press, Harare

   Synonyms:

   GBDT, ZWG

Proper noun capitalized: Zig

Zig

1. A general-purpose imperative, statically typed, compiled programming language intended as a modern successor to the C language.