zigzag
In a zigzag manner or patternIn a zigzag manner or pattern.
» 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
1 sensesIn a zigzag manner or pattern.
zickzack
зигза́гzigzág
зигза́гомzyhzáhom, зиґза́ґомzygzágom, зигза́гамиzyhzáhamy
in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
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
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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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Forms
more zigzag, most zigzag| Comparative | more zigzag Lesson |
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| Superlative | most zigzag |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form