Zigzag



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Zigzag

• n.&a.之字形 ( 的) , v.弯弯曲曲地进行

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French
• Date: 1712
• one of a series of short sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a course; also something having the form or character of such a series <a blouse with green zigzags><endured the zigzags of policy — Richard Bernstein>
• ? zigzaggy adjective

II. adverb

• Date: circa 1730
• in or by a zigzag path or course

III. adjective

• Date: 1750
• having short sharp turns or angles <a zigzag trail>

IV. verb (zigzagged; zigzagging)

• Date: 1777
• transitive verb
  • to form into a zigzag or move along a zigzag course
• intransitive verb
  • to lie in, proceed along, or consist of a zigzag course

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