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zig-zag

zig-zag is the alternative spelling of zigzag.

Meaning of zigzag

Adjective

zigzag (not comparable)

  1. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
    • The entrance to this ancient place of devotion was under a very low round arch, ornamented by several courses of that zig-zag moulding, resembling shark's teeth, which appears so often in the more ancient Saxon churches.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter II, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 20
  2. (US, World-War-I, slang) Drunk.

See all 7 meanings of zigzag

Forms of zig-zag

Adjective
comparativemore zig-zag
superlativemost zig-zag
Noun
pluralzig-zags
Verb
third-person singular presentzig-zags
present participlezig-zagging
past participlezig-zagged
pastzig-zagged

Questions about zig-zag

What is zig-zag the alternative spelling of?
Zig-zag is the alternative spelling of zigzag.

Words near zig-zag in the dictionary

  1. ZIFT
  2. ziftomenib
  3. ZIFTs
  4. zig
  5. zig when one should zag
  6. zig-zag
  7. zig-zagged
  8. zig-zagging
  9. zig-zags
  10. zigaboo
  11. zigaboos

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