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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  ZIGZAG, v.t.  To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one
  carrying the white man's burden.  (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an
  Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)
  
      He zedjagged so uncomen wyde
      Thet non coude pas on eyder syde;
      So, to com saufly thruh, I been
      Constreynet for to doodge betwene.
                                                                 Munwele
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Zigzag, OR
    Zip code(s): 97049

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, n. [F. zigzag, G. zickzack, from zacke,
     zacken, a dentil, tooth. Cf. Tack a small nail.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Something that has short turns or angles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the
              politicians by the surer mode of zigzag. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or
        series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Fort.) See Boyau.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, a.
     Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an
     onward course.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Zigzagged; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Zigzagging.]
     To form with short turns.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. i.
     To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
     --R. Browning.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. i.
     To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
     --R. Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, n. [F. zigzag, G. zickzack, from zacke,
     zacken, a dentil, tooth. Cf. Tack a small nail.]
     1. Something that has short turns or angles.
  
              The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the
              politicians by the surer mode of zigzag. --Burke.
  
     2. (Arch.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or
        series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.
  
     3. (Fort.) See Boyau.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, a.
     Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an
     onward course.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Zigzagged; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Zigzagging.]
     To form with short turns.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  zigzag
       adj : having short sharp turns or angles
       n : an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating
           directions [syn: zig, zag]
       adv : in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag
             across the blue sky"
       v : travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the
           countryside" [syn: crank]
       [also: zigzagging, zigzagged]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Γαλλικά n.
     ζιγκ ζαγκ
     Ιταλικά n.
     ζιγκ ζαγκ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  zig-zag
     Catalan n.
     zigzag
     Spanish n.
     (l en zig-zag)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Dutch n.
     (l en zigzag) (gloss: line in a sawtooth pattern)
     French n.
     (l en zigzag)
     Romanian n.
     (l en zigzag)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     (place en small town s/Oregon)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  zig-zag
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en zigzag)
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en zigzag)
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en zigzag)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     a.
     move#Verb in, or having a #Noun.
     adv.
     in a zigzag manner or pattern
     n.
     1 A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternate
  directions.
     2 One of these sharp turns.
     vb.
     To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     (place en small town s/Oregon)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  zig-zag
     Catalan n.
     zigzag
     Spanish n.
     (l en zig-zag)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Dutch n.
     (l en zigzag) (gloss: line in a sawtooth pattern)
     French n.
     (l en zigzag)
     Spanish n.
     (l en zigzag)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     (place en small town s/Oregon)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  zig-zag
     Catalan n.
     zigzag
     Spanish n.
     (l en zig-zag)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Dutch n.
     (l en zigzag) (gloss: line in a sawtooth pattern)
     French n.
     (l en zigzag)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     (place en small town s/Oregon)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Espanja a.
     lainasana ranskasta
     Hollanti adv.
     siksakki tavoin, siksakkimaisesti
     Hollanti n.
     siksakki
     Hollanti vb.
     1 (''taivutusmuoto'') ''imperatiivimuoto verbistä'' '''zigzaggen'''
     2 (''taivutusmuoto'', ''sanajärjestykseltään käänteisissä
  lauseissa'') ''indikatiivin yksikön 2. persoonan preesens verbistä''
  '''zigzaggen'''

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     1 paikallishallinnoton alue Clackamasin piirikunnassa, Oregonissa,
  Yhdysvallat
     2 edellisen lähellä sijaitseva joki

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  Zigzag
     n.
     1 paikallishallinnoton alue Clackamasin piirikunnassa, Oregonissa,
  Yhdysvallat
     2 edellisen lähellä sijaitseva joki

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  zigzag
     Engelska a.
     sicksackig, sicksack
     Engelska adv.
     sicksack, i sicksack
     Engelska n.
     sicksack
     Engelska vb.
     sicksacka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Zig-zag /zˈɪɡzˈaɡ/
  التّعرّج

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  متعرّج

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zig-zag /zˈɪɡzˈaɡ/
  cik-cak, klikatě

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  klikatý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  klikatě

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  cikcak

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  klikatá čára či cesta

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  cik-cak

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  ostrá zatáčka nebo úhel

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  kličkovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  igamogamu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  Haken schlagen 
           Note: Hase auf der Flucht usw.
     Synonym: double
  
   see: doubling, zigzagging, doubled, zigzagged
  
           Note: of a hunted hare etc.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  Zickzack , Zickzacklinie 
        "in a zigzag"  - im Zickzack

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  im Zickzack laufen, im Zickzack fahren 
   see: zigzagging, zigzagged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  im Zickzack verlaufen 
   see: zigzagging, zigzagged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  leporellogefalzt, zickzackgefalzt , Leporello… [print]
     Synonyms: fan-folded, fanfold, concertina, accordion
  
           Note: printed publication

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  zickzackförmig , im Zickzack

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  mutkitteleva
  moving in or having a zigzag

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  siksak
  in a zigzag manner or pattern

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  1. siksakki, siksak
  line or path
  2. siksakki, terävä käännös
  turn

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  mutkitella, pujotella, säntäillä
  move in a zigzag manner

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  1. टेढ़ी-मेढ़ी लकीर, मोड
        "The road to Ooty forms a zigzag from Madurai."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  1. टेढ़ा-मेढ़ा
        "It's a zigzag road from Madurai to Ooty."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/ 
  1. टेढ़ा-मेढ़ा चलना
        "The road ffrom Madurai zigzags to Ooty."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  cik cak, cikcak, krivudati, vijugav, zavojit

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  1. cikcakk vonal
  2. szerpentin
  3. cikcakk
  4. zegzug

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  ジグザグ, 雁木
  in a zigzag manner or pattern

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  ジグザグ
  line or path

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  ジグザグに進む
  move in a zigzag manner

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  zigzag /'zıgzæg/
  1. zigzagas
  2. zigzaginis, zigzago pavidalo
  3. zigzagais
  4. daryti zigzagus, eiti zigzagais

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  zigzag /zigzæg/
  1. zaagvormig
  2. zigzaggen, zigzag gaan, zigzagsgewijs lopen

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  sikksakk
  line or path

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  zigzag /ˈzɪgzæg/
  I.    zygzak
  II.    poruszać się zygzakiem

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  zigzag /zigzæg/
  ziguezaguear

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  zigzag //ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ// 
  sicksack
  line or path

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  zigzag /zˈɪɡzaɡ/
  1. yılankavi, zikzak, dolanbaçlı
  2. zikzak yol
  3. zikzak olarak
  4. zikzak yapmak.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  zig-zag /zˈiɡzˈaɡ/ 
  kammdro b (kammdroioù /kamdʁwaˈu/), kammigell b (kammigelloù /kamiʒɛlˈu/)
        "en zig-zag"  - kamm-digamm

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  Zickzack

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  zigzag /zigzag/ 
  zigzag

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  siksak, siksakki

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  zigzag

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  zig‐zag /zˈiɡ zˈaɡ/
  zigzaglijn

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  ziguezague

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  zigzag

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  zigzag /ziɡ.zaɡ/ 
  sicksack

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/θiɣθaɣ/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/siɣsaɣ/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/zigzag/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  212 Moby Thesaurus words for "zigzag":
     L, V-shaped, Y-shaped, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, aberrative,
     akimbo, alternate, angle, angle off, angular, apex, avoidance,
     avoiding reaction, back and fill, battledore and shuttlecock, bend,
     bendy, bent, bias, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, branch,
     branching off, cant, chevron, chevronwise, chevrony, circuitous,
     circuitousness, circumvention, coin, come and go, corner, cornered,
     crank, crankiness, crankle, crankled, crook, crooked, crookedness,
     crotched, crotchet, curve, curvy, declination, defense mechanism,
     deflect, deflection, departing, departure, desultory, detour,
     deviance, deviancy, deviant, deviate, deviating, deviation,
     deviative, deviatory, devious, deviousness, diffract, diffuse,
     digression, digressive, discursion, discursive, disperse, distort,
     divagation, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert,
     dodge, dogleg, double, drift, drifting, duck, ebb and flow, elbow,
     ell, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, errant, errantry, erratic,
     escape, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, excursion, excursive,
     excursus, exorbitation, flexuosity, flexuous, forbearance,
     forestalling, forestallment, fork, forked, furcal, furcate,
     furcation, geniculate, geniculated, getting around, hairpin,
     hitch and hike, hook, hooked, indirect, indirection, inflection,
     jagged, jink, knee, knee-shaped, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering,
     neutrality, nonintervention, noninvolvement, nook, obliquity,
     out-of-the-way, pass and repass, pererration, planetary, point,
     pointed, prevention, pull, quoin, rambling, reciprocate, refract,
     refraining, ride and tie, roving, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scatter,
     seesaw, serpentine, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, sheer, shift,
     shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shunning, shunting off,
     shuttle, shuttlecock, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, skew, slant,
     slip, snaky, stagger, staggered, stray, straying, sweep, swerve,
     swerving, swing, swinging, switchback, tack, teeter, teeter-totter,
     the runaround, to-and-fro, turn, turning, twist, twisting, twisty,
     undirected, vagrant, variation, veer, veering, vertex, wandering,
     warp, wax and wane, wibble-wabble, wigwag, winding, yaw, zag, zig,
     zigzaggery, zigzaggy, zigzagways
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 曲折,Z字形;
  a. 曲折的,锯齿形的;
  ad. 曲折地,成锯齿形地;

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a.弯弯曲曲的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 曲折的,锯齿形的;
     n. 曲折, Z字形 ;
     ad. 曲折地,成锯齿形地
     vt. 使成之字形

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