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zigzags

zigzags is the plural of zigzag.

zigzags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of zigzag.

Meaning of zigzag

Noun

zigzag (plural zigzags)

  1. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
    • She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: […].1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Advice from a Caterpillar”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 70
  2. One of these sharp turns.

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Questions about zigzags

What is zigzags the plural of?
Zigzags is the plural of zigzag.

Words near zigzags in the dictionary

  1. zigzagging
  2. zigzaggingly
  3. zigzaggings
  4. zigzaggy
  5. zigzaginess
  6. zigzags
  7. zigzagwise
  8. zigzagy
  9. zigzig
  10. zihar
  11. Zihguan

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