zigzag
A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directionsA line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
» The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
Der Pfad führte im Zickzack den steilen Hang hoch.
Тропа виляла по крутому склону.
Тропа, петляя, поднималась вверх по крутому склону.
Meaning
2 sensesA line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
Zickzack
зигза́гzigzág
зигза́гzyhzáh, зиґза́ґzygzág
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
One of these sharp turns.
Examples
12 sentencesThe path zigzagged up the steep slope.
ruТропа виляла по крутому склону.
deDer Pfad führte im Zickzack den steilen Hang hoch.
Santiago ran down the zigzag stairs.
He staggered by zigzagging along the street.
Tom zigzagged his way down the motorway.
deTom fuhr auf der Autobahn Schlangenlinien.
Miroslav was walking down a long zigzagging road.
Translations
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Origin
Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a GermAttested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person.
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