| VERB | motion | zigzag, crank | travel along a zigzag path |
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| NOUN | shape | zigzag, zig, zag | an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions |
| ADVERB | all | zigzag | in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path |
| ADJECTIVE | all | zigzag, zig-zag | having short sharp turns or angles |
| Sounds | zih'gzaeg | |
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| Rhymes | Ag ... zig-zag: 32 rhymes with aeg... | |
| Meaning | Having short sharp turns or angles. | |
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| Synonym | zig-zag | |
| Broader | crooked | Having or marked by bends or angles |
| Spanish | zigzagueante | |
| Nouns | zigzag | an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions |
| Meaning | An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions. | |
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| Synonyms | zig, zag | |
| Broader | angular shape, angularity | A shape having one or more sharp angles |
| Spanish | culebreo, zag, zig, zigzag, zigzagueo | |
| Catalan | zag, ziga-zaga, zig-zag | |
| Adjectives | zigzag, zig-zag | having short sharp turns or angles |
| Verbs | zigzag | travel along a zigzag path |
| Meaning | In a zigzag course or on a zigzag path. | |
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| Example | "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky" | |
| Spanish | en zigzag | |
| Meaning | travel along a zigzag path. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | They zigzag up the hill | |
| Example | "The river zigzags through the countryside" | |
| Synonym | crank | |
| Entails | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Entailed by | slalom | race on skis around obstacles |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | zigzaguear | |
| Catalan | zigzaguejar | |
| Nouns | zigzag | an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions |
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