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zigzagging

zigzagging is the present participle and gerund of zigzag.

Meaning of zigzag

Verb

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

  1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
    • […] she saw them as we see the throngs which cover the canvases of Sallaert, Van Alsloot, and others of that school—vast masses of beings, jostling, zigzagging, and processioning in definite directions, but whose features are indistinguishable by the very comprehensiveness of the view.1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    zig and zag, weave, yaw

See all 7 meanings of zigzag

Adjective

zigzagging

  1. winding, twisting, turning or sinuous
    • I walked down the zigzagging path.

Noun

zigzagging (plural zigzaggings)

  1. The movement or layout of something that zigzags.
    • the many zigzaggings of the staircase

Forms of zigzagging

pluralzigzaggings

Questions about zigzagging

What does zigzagging mean?
Zigzagging means winding, twisting, turning or sinuous.
What is zigzagging the present participle and gerund of?
Zigzagging is the present participle and gerund of zigzag.
What part of speech is zigzagging?
Zigzagging can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near zigzagging in the dictionary

  1. zigzagger
  2. zigzaggeries
  3. zigzaggers
  4. zigzaggery
  5. zigzagginess
  6. zigzagging
  7. zigzaggingly
  8. zigzaggings
  9. zigzaggy
  10. zigzaginess
  11. zigzags

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