zigzag
Moving in, or having a zigzagMoving in, or having a zigzag.
» The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
Der Pfad führte im Zickzack den steilen Hang hoch. — Yorwba
Тропа виляла по крутому склону. — Karok
Тропа, петляя, поднималась вверх по крутому склону. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(not comparable)Moving in, or having a zigzag.
(US, World War I, not comparable, slang)Drunk.
- having short sharp turns or angles
Examples
12 sentencesThe path zigzagged up the steep slope.
ruТропа виляла по крутому склону. — Karok
deDer Pfad führte im Zickzack den steilen Hang hoch. — Yorwba
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Miroslav was walking down a long zigzagging road.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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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