zigzagn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈzɪɡzaɡ/, U.S.

/ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/

Forms: Also as two words or with hyphen; also 1700s zic-zac, zigzac(k, ziczag.

Etymology: < French zigzag (1680 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); ultimate origin unknown; partly symbolic, the two different vowels suggesting the two different directions. Compare German zickzack (Sperander, 1727), said to be first used of fortifications (sense A. 3a).

A. n.

a. A series of short lines inclined at angles in alternate directions; a line or course having sharp turns of this kind; concrete something characterized by such lines or turns. Originally in in zigzag (= French en zigzag).

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the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately > series of

zigzag1712

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 42 Steps of Grass laid in Zic-Zac [Note, The French call this an Allée en Zic-Zac, for its Likeness to a Machine so called].

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 215 Chevrons, or Checks of Grass in Zig-Zac.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Alley An Alley in Ziczac, is that which has too great a Descent.

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 139 The larger tubercles placed in zig-zag.

1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 299 Entering by the beautiful Gate of Justice, and winding in zigzag through the thickness of the tower.

1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage ii. ii. 28 Here's none of your strait lines here—but all taste—zig-zag—crinkum-crankum—in and out.1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vii. 235 Twisted into a serpent, or bent into a zig-zag.1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xl. 495 The other [road] was practicable for carriages, and for this purpose was made to climb the acclivity with a zigzag.1871 A. Nesbitt Catal. Slade Coll. Glass 6 Terminating with a turquoise zig-zag.1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 36 Dashing his finger in a fiery zig-zag along the line for her pen to follow.1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) iii. §87. 121 The hieroglyphic use of the zigzag, for water, by the Egyptians.

b. Each of such lines or turns: chiefly in plural.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately

zigzag1743

1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 124 Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Head.

1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 64 A winding road, which forms thirteen zig-zags.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 182 A cap, laced and ribanded in all manner of zig-zags.

a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 291 The lightning zigzags shoot across the sky.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes lxxiv The button made many a zigzag from side to side of the table.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 742 The grand curve of growth..does not assume the form of a continuous curve, but shows a number of small zigzags.

c. figurative.

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1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 255 Though such continual zigzags in a book, Such drunken reelings have an aukward look.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 311 The fanaticks going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. xv. 282 The little zigzags of embarrassment.

1913 T. Roosevelt Autobiogr. 579 Our policy is apt to go in zigzags, because different sections of our people exercise at different times unequal pressure on our government.

2. A road or path turning sharply at angles in alternate directions, esp. so as to reduce the gradient on a steep slope; each of the sharp turns forming such a road.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > winding

zigzaga1745

traverse1963

a1745 J. Swift My Lady's Lament. in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 184 How proudly he talks Of zigzacks and walks.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vi. 24 I thread the doubtful zig-zags of May Fair.

1855 H. Alford Jrnl. 19 Aug. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) vii. 250 Up the valley of the Adour, to Arreau, a village approached by zigzags.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xiii Many years before the Zig Zag [sc. railway in New South Wales] was chopped out of the sidelings.

3. Applied spec. to other things of a zigzag shape.

a. Fortification. A trench leading towards a besieged place, constructed in a zigzag direction so as not to be enfiladed by the defenders; a boyau.

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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > approach works > types of approach works

parallel1591

sap1642

demi-sap1706

zigzag1733

1733 E. Budgell Bee IV. 67 A Battery began in the Morning to play upon the Cavalier of the Bastion Ghiera; the Night following the Zic-zacs were continued.

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 223 The zig-zags may often require a greater relief than the parallels.

b. Architecture. A chevron-moulding.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings

bowtell1376

crownwork1594

protypum1601

chaplet1623

bandeleta1645

bedding-moulding1664

quadra1664

surbase1678

platband1696

bed-moulding1703

eyebrow1703

square1703

gorge1706

nerve1728

heel1734

quirk-moulding1776

star1781

bead1799

rope moulding1813

zigzag1814

chevron-moulding1815

nebule1823

billet1835

dancette1838

pellet moulding1838

vignette moulding1842

bird's beak moulding1845

beak-head ornament1848

beak-head1849

billet moulding1851

beading1858

bead-work1881

Venetian dentil1892

chevron-work-

1814 W. Scott Border Antiq. I. 59 The dancette, as the figure is termed in heraldry, or zig-zag.

1826 W. A. Miles Descr. Deverel Barrow 4 The chevron or zig zag, that favorite British ornament so prominent in Egyptian remains.

1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) iii. §87. 119 The Norman zigzag.

c. Fisheries. (See quot.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder

salmon leapa1387

fish-way1845

fish-pass1861

pass1861

fish-ladder1865

salmon ladder1867

salmon pass1867

zigzaga1877

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2829/1 Zigzag,..2. A winding chute on the face of a dam to enable fish to ascend.

4. Collectors' name for a shell, or a moth, with zigzag marking.

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1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Zigzag, Cypræa Ziczac.

5. ( Zig-Zag n. (also Zig Zag) .) A proprietary name for cigarette paper.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > tobacco and paper for rolling > cigarette paper

cigarette paper1860

Zig-Zag1909

papera1911

Rizla1916

Rizla paper1939

rolling paper1943

tissue1952

skin1967

1909 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 Dec. 594/1 Braunstein & Cie, Paris... Zig Zag... Cigarette-paper.

1927 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Apr. 675 Zig-zag No. 114... Cigarette papers. Société anonyme des anciens Établissements Braustein Frères.., Paris.

1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Fall 52 Zig-zag, paper of high quality which is commonly used in rolling marijuana.

1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxx. 67/1 She stuffed her..Zig Zags back into her purse.

B. adj.

a. Having the form of a zigzag; turning sharply at angles in alternate directions; characterized by turns of this kind.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately

indenteda1616

zigzag1752

zigzagged1774

zigzaggya1845

zigzag-shaped1846

chevrony1887

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving in winding course

crangling1608

winding1613

glomerating1634

mazy1726

zigzag1752

zigzagging1827

switchback1887

1752 A. Dobbs in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 543 Striking it with a wriggling Motion from Side to Side, in a zigzag Way.

1769 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 11 Flashes of forked, or zig-zag lightning.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 364 He..transforms old print To zig-zag manuscript.

1792 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 236 Up from the lake a zigzag path will creep.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 187 Away jogs the boat in a zigzag direction.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 11 A kind of zigzag channel had been worn on the side of the mountain.

figurative.1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (ed. 7) 327 Be regular: from A to B proceed; I hate your zig-zag verse, and wanton heed.1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 192 The old joke of the zigzag jury who said ‘Guilty’ and ‘Not guilty’ alternately, all through the assizes.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 145 All the brood of zig-zag politicians.1897 G. J. Goschen in Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 47 597 Our policy is to have as little of the zigzag policy..as possible.

b. Architecture. Applied to a moulding or other ornament of a zigzag pattern: cf. A. 3b.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding

bowtelled?1578

bolectioned1693

reconciling1754

zigzag1765

quirked1774

reeded1801

nebule1823

studded1838

nail-headed1842

stuck1850

keeleda1878

1765 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) II. 864 The chevron work (or zig-zag moulding).

1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 136 Channels in various forms, some plain zigzag, some like net-work, and some spiral.

1840 C. Wordsworth Greece 58 Columns of green basalt, with fantastic zigzag ornaments.

c. Botany. Applied to the stem of a plant, or to a plant having such a stem.

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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having a stem or stalk > of certain size, shape, length, or colour

gross1578

zigzag1793

thick-stemmed1847

leggy1860

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. Y2 Zigzag, used by some English writers for Flexuose.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 579 Zigzag Ladies smock.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIX Zigzag Trefoil,..a term sometimes applied by farmers to the perennial red clover, marl grass, or wild red clover.

2. Having zigzag markings. (Chiefly Natural History.)

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > wavy or zig-zag

flecked1664

zigzagged1774

zigzag1785

vermiculated1872

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 61 Zigzag Bittern.

1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. 946 Zigzag chama, Venus castrensis.

3. Military slang (chiefly U.S.). Drunk. Now rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1916 Gasper (18th, 19th, 20th, & 21st Royal Fusiliers) 29 Apr. A Tommy went over to Arques Beaucoup zigzag and out for a larques.

1917 B.E.F. Times 10 Apr. 3/1 She..replied with emotion 'Bosch officier, no ben, plenty zig-zag'.

1918 in C. Hamilton & L. Corbin Echoes from over There (1919) 125 He got a trifle zig-zag.

1923 E. Paul Impromptu 149 He groped and floundered..not completely ‘zigzag’.

1965 S. Linakis In Spring War Ended i. 24 I wanted to stay zigzag, but the silliness was out of me.

C. adv.

In a zigzag manner or direction.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adverb] > zig-zag

zigzag1754

ziggety1935

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > not in a straight course > in a winding course

aboutOE

aboutsa1387

windingly1576

zigzag1754

mazily1845

zag1906

zigzaggedly1921

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xx. 132 It is almost incredible..how nimbly they skip,..turning Zic Zac to such Places as are passable.

1765 R. Veicht in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 The lightening is observed to run not in strait line, but zig zag.

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 244 When he ignites a rocket, it may go straight forward, or zig-zag.

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. iv. 374 The road..led zig~zag up the side of a precipitous mountain.

Compounds

C1. zigzag-shaped adj.; zigzag fashion, zigzag-wise quasi-adverbs.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately

indenteda1616

zigzag1752

zigzagged1774

zigzaggya1845

zigzag-shaped1846

chevrony1887

1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 129 A Way very commodious cut, Zigzag Fashion.

1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 236 The interline is zigzag shaped.

1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 26 Its joints are bent zig-zag-wise.

C2.

zigzag connection n. Electrical Engineering a form of star connection of three-phase circuits, each branch of which is interconnected and contains portions of two consecutive phases.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > induction motor > connection to common point

star connection1894

zigzag connection1922

1922 P. Kemp Alternating Current Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) xiii. 188 This affects the magnetising current and may result in an appreciable increase in iron loss owing to flux distortion, and to minimize this effect zig-zag connections are sometimes adopted.

1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits iii. 47 Unbalanced direct current in the half-wave rectifiers requires larger transformers than in the full-wave rectifiers. This is partly overcome in three-phase transformers by the use of zigzag connections.

zigzag machine n. a sewing machine with a swing needle that may be used to produce a zigzag stitch and decorative stitches derived from it.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > types of

darner1876

free arm1948

zigzag machine1952

1950 Vogue Pattern Bk. Apr. 81/2 It was Pfaff that developed the famous Zig-Zag Model 130.]

1952 Consumers' Res. Bull. Sept. 11/1 All the zig-zag machines but one..were heavy.

1963 Which? June 165/2 For plain zig zag machines, the width of the stitch limits the range of patterns they can make.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d14 (advt.) Fashionmate zig zag machine featuring our front drop-in bobbin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

zigzagv.

Brit.

/ˈzɪɡzaɡ/, U.S.

/ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/

Etymology: < zigzag n. Compare French zigzaguer.

a. intransitive. To go or move in a zigzag course; to have a zigzag course or direction. Also quasi-transitive, to zigzag it, to zigzag one's way.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course

to turn and winda1398

wreathea1500

twine1553

indent1567

virea1586

crank1594

to dance the hay or hays1600

maze1605

serpent1606

to indent the way1612

cringlea1629

indenture1631

circumgyre1634

twist1635

glomerate1638

winda1682

serpentine1767

meander1785

zigzag1787

zag1793

to worm one's way1822

vandyke1828

crankle1835

thread the needle1843

switchback1903

rattlesnake1961

zig1969

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > make zig-zag course

tack1700

zigzag1787

to work a traverse1805

weave1884

traverse1905

Major-Mitchell1922

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make zig-zag course

weave1650

zigzag1787

traverse1905

the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > change direction > turn or bend > bend or wind

twine1553

crankle1598

crinklea1600

creek1610

straggle1612

wind1613

serpentize1699

wander1747

serpentine1767

meander1785

zigzag1787

serpentinize1791

twister1872

snake1875

twist1879

1787 R. Burns Let. 7 July (2001) I. 128 His horse..zigzagged across before my old spavin'd hunter.

1792 T. Twining in Recr. & Stud. (1882) 163 We..zigzagged up to the very top.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 167 The surprising range of rocks, zigzagging away in all directions.

1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 104 He had zig-zagg'd many a league!

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 24 He managed to..zigzag down Kennington reach..with much labour.

1897 W. W. Jacobs Skipper's Wooing iii He..zigzagged his way back to the ship.

1787 R. Burns Let. 7 Feb. (2001) I. 91 While I was chalking you out the straight way to Wealth and Character, with audacious effrontery you have zigzagged across the path.] figurative.1825 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 78 Not following the natural course of thought and feeling,..but zig-zagging after the rhyme.1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities II. 245 The red and black had zig-zagged, or won alternately for fourteen times.1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xxiii His courage zigzagged,..one moment he towered in imagination, the next he grovelled in fear.

b. Of a sewing machine: to make zigzag stitches.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > sew > in specific way

hem1530

thimble1834

buttonhole1851

to stitch away1853

purfle1890

prick-stitch1933

zigzag1950

1950 Consumer Rep. May 212/1 The Necchis [sc. sewing-machines] which zigzagged were inferior to the..Necchis which didn't.

1956 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Fall–Winter 1068/1 Whether you want to embroider..zig-zag or sew a straight seam, you'll find the ‘84’ unsurpassed.

1976 Woman's Weekly 6 Nov. 68/2 (advt.) It's a pocket-size sewing machine which you hold in one hand—that sews, bastes, hems, zig-zags, sews on buttons and even zippers.

a. transitive. To give a zigzag form to; to trace a zigzag line upon. Chiefly in past participle; see also zigzagged adj.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > make angular or furnish with angles or corners [verb (transitive)] > give zigzag form to

zigzag1777

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > draw lines [verb (transitive)] > trace a zigzag line upon

zigzag1872

1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 98 White zigzagged with ferruginous; edges crenulated.

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii The breast of the black cloud was now zigzagged..by lightning.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 65 Its lateral margin..toothed and zigzagged by the outgrowth of conically elongated cells.

b. To traverse in a zigzag manner.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make zig-zag course > traverse in zig-zag way

zigzag1930

1930 F. L. Bird & F. M. Ryan Recall Public Officers 42 He literally zigzagged the whole tremendous territory, visiting almost every hamlet.

1978 J. Wainwright Ripple of Murders 78 The vans..zig-zagged the near-deserted streets.

3. To cause to move in a zigzag direction; reflexive = 1.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (reflexive)] > move in winding course

winda1400

twist1635

zigzag1821

angle1863

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 115 I oft zigzag me round Thy uneven, heathy ground.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 49 To see him zigzag his large body through the mob from the vestry to the pulpit.

Derivatives

ˈzigzagging n. and adj.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving in winding course

crangling1608

winding1613

glomerating1634

mazy1726

zigzag1752

zigzagging1827

switchback1887

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > zig-zag

zigzaggery1761

tack1788

zigzagging1827

Major-Mitchelling1900

zig1978

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course

winding1398

crankling1598

crangling1608

indenturinga1632

meandering1652

sinuation1653

serpentinga1684

zigzaggery1761

twisting1768

zigzagging1827

switchbacking1913

zigging1977

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > winding

ambagious1592

zigzagging1827

bendy1885

winding1890

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1827 R. Southey Let. to Mrs. Hughes 31 Dec. The zigzaging which it would be necessary to make in stage-coaches.

1861 E. T. Holland in Peaks, Passes, etc. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 85 We..climbed a steep zigzagging ascent up the ridge.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 14 One of these zigzagging blurs [sc. humming birds] came purring toward me.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table viii These zigzagging minds.

1893 Athenæum 15 July 90/1 The irritating task of zig~zagging through her volumes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zigzag
释义	zigzagn.adj.adv. Brit. /ˈzɪɡzaɡ/, U.S. /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/ Forms: Also as two words or with hyphen; also 1700s zic-zac, zigzac(k, ziczag. Etymology: < French zigzag (1680 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); ultimate origin unknown; partly symbolic, the two different vowels suggesting the two different directions. Compare German zickzack (Sperander, 1727), said to be first used of fortifications (sense A. 3a). A. n. 1. a. A series of short lines inclined at angles in alternate directions; a line or course having sharp turns of this kind; concrete something characterized by such lines or turns. Originally in in zigzag (= French en zigzag). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately > series of zigzag1712 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 42 Steps of Grass laid in Zic-Zac [Note, The French call this an Allée en Zic-Zac, for its Likeness to a Machine so called]. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 215 Chevrons, or Checks of Grass in Zig-Zac. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Alley An Alley in Ziczac, is that which has too great a Descent. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 139 The larger tubercles placed in zig-zag. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 299 Entering by the beautiful Gate of Justice, and winding in zigzag through the thickness of the tower. 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage ii. ii. 28 Here's none of your strait lines here—but all taste—zig-zag—crinkum-crankum—in and out.1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vii. 235 Twisted into a serpent, or bent into a zig-zag.1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xl. 495 The other [road] was practicable for carriages, and for this purpose was made to climb the acclivity with a zigzag.1871 A. Nesbitt Catal. Slade Coll. Glass 6 Terminating with a turquoise zig-zag.1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 36 Dashing his finger in a fiery zig-zag along the line for her pen to follow.1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) iii. §87. 121 The hieroglyphic use of the zigzag, for water, by the Egyptians. b. Each of such lines or turns: chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately zigzag1743 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 124 Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Head. 1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 64 A winding road, which forms thirteen zig-zags. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 182 A cap, laced and ribanded in all manner of zig-zags. a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 291 The lightning zigzags shoot across the sky. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes lxxiv The button made many a zigzag from side to side of the table. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 742 The grand curve of growth..does not assume the form of a continuous curve, but shows a number of small zigzags. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 255 Though such continual zigzags in a book, Such drunken reelings have an aukward look. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 311 The fanaticks going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xv. 282 The little zigzags of embarrassment. View more context for this quotation 1913 T. Roosevelt Autobiogr. 579 Our policy is apt to go in zigzags, because different sections of our people exercise at different times unequal pressure on our government. 2. A road or path turning sharply at angles in alternate directions, esp. so as to reduce the gradient on a steep slope; each of the sharp turns forming such a road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > winding zigzaga1745 traverse1963 a1745 J. Swift My Lady's Lament. in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 184 How proudly he talks Of zigzacks and walks. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vi. 24 I thread the doubtful zig-zags of May Fair. 1855 H. Alford Jrnl. 19 Aug. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) vii. 250 Up the valley of the Adour, to Arreau, a village approached by zigzags. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xiii Many years before the Zig Zag [sc. railway in New South Wales] was chopped out of the sidelings. 3. Applied spec. to other things of a zigzag shape. a. Fortification. A trench leading towards a besieged place, constructed in a zigzag direction so as not to be enfiladed by the defenders; a boyau. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > approach works > types of approach works parallel1591 sap1642 demi-sap1706 zigzag1733 1733 E. Budgell Bee IV. 67 A Battery began in the Morning to play upon the Cavalier of the Bastion Ghiera; the Night following the Zic-zacs were continued. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 223 The zig-zags may often require a greater relief than the parallels. b. Architecture. A chevron-moulding. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings bowtell1376 crownwork1594 protypum1601 chaplet1623 bandeleta1645 bedding-moulding1664 quadra1664 surbase1678 platband1696 bed-moulding1703 eyebrow1703 square1703 gorge1706 nerve1728 heel1734 quirk-moulding1776 star1781 bead1799 rope moulding1813 zigzag1814 chevron-moulding1815 nebule1823 billet1835 dancette1838 pellet moulding1838 vignette moulding1842 bird's beak moulding1845 beak-head ornament1848 beak-head1849 billet moulding1851 beading1858 bead-work1881 Venetian dentil1892 chevron-work- 1814 W. Scott Border Antiq. I. 59 The dancette, as the figure is termed in heraldry, or zig-zag. 1826 W. A. Miles Descr. Deverel Barrow 4 The chevron or zig zag, that favorite British ornament so prominent in Egyptian remains. 1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) iii. §87. 119 The Norman zigzag. c. Fisheries. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder salmon leapa1387 fish-way1845 fish-pass1861 pass1861 fish-ladder1865 salmon ladder1867 salmon pass1867 zigzaga1877 a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2829/1 Zigzag,..2. A winding chute on the face of a dam to enable fish to ascend. 4. Collectors' name for a shell, or a moth, with zigzag marking. ΚΠ 1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Zigzag, Cypræa Ziczac. 5. ( Zig-Zag n. (also Zig Zag) .) A proprietary name for cigarette paper. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > tobacco and paper for rolling > cigarette paper cigarette paper1860 Zig-Zag1909 papera1911 Rizla1916 Rizla paper1939 rolling paper1943 tissue1952 skin1967 1909 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 Dec. 594/1 Braunstein & Cie, Paris... Zig Zag... Cigarette-paper. 1927 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Apr. 675 Zig-zag No. 114... Cigarette papers. Société anonyme des anciens Établissements Braustein Frères.., Paris. 1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Fall 52 Zig-zag, paper of high quality which is commonly used in rolling marijuana. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxx. 67/1 She stuffed her..Zig Zags back into her purse. B. adj. 1. a. Having the form of a zigzag; turning sharply at angles in alternate directions; characterized by turns of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately indenteda1616 zigzag1752 zigzagged1774 zigzaggya1845 zigzag-shaped1846 chevrony1887 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving in winding course crangling1608 winding1613 glomerating1634 mazy1726 zigzag1752 zigzagging1827 switchback1887 1752 A. Dobbs in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 543 Striking it with a wriggling Motion from Side to Side, in a zigzag Way. 1769 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 11 Flashes of forked, or zig-zag lightning. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 364 He..transforms old print To zig-zag manuscript. 1792 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 236 Up from the lake a zigzag path will creep. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 187 Away jogs the boat in a zigzag direction. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 11 A kind of zigzag channel had been worn on the side of the mountain. figurative.1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (ed. 7) 327 Be regular: from A to B proceed; I hate your zig-zag verse, and wanton heed.1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 192 The old joke of the zigzag jury who said ‘Guilty’ and ‘Not guilty’ alternately, all through the assizes.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 145 All the brood of zig-zag politicians.1897 G. J. Goschen in Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 47 597 Our policy is to have as little of the zigzag policy..as possible. b. Architecture. Applied to a moulding or other ornament of a zigzag pattern: cf. A. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding bowtelled?1578 bolectioned1693 reconciling1754 zigzag1765 quirked1774 reeded1801 nebule1823 studded1838 nail-headed1842 stuck1850 keeleda1878 1765 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) II. 864 The chevron work (or zig-zag moulding). 1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 136 Channels in various forms, some plain zigzag, some like net-work, and some spiral. 1840 C. Wordsworth Greece 58 Columns of green basalt, with fantastic zigzag ornaments. c. Botany. Applied to the stem of a plant, or to a plant having such a stem. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having a stem or stalk > of certain size, shape, length, or colour gross1578 zigzag1793 thick-stemmed1847 leggy1860 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. Y2 Zigzag, used by some English writers for Flexuose. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 579 Zigzag Ladies smock. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIX Zigzag Trefoil,..a term sometimes applied by farmers to the perennial red clover, marl grass, or wild red clover. 2. Having zigzag markings. (Chiefly Natural History.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > wavy or zig-zag flecked1664 zigzagged1774 zigzag1785 vermiculated1872 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 61 Zigzag Bittern. 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. 946 Zigzag chama, Venus castrensis. 3. Military slang (chiefly U.S.). Drunk. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1916 Gasper (18th, 19th, 20th, & 21st Royal Fusiliers) 29 Apr. A Tommy went over to Arques Beaucoup zigzag and out for a larques. 1917 B.E.F. Times 10 Apr. 3/1 She..replied with emotion 'Bosch officier, no ben, plenty zig-zag'. 1918 in C. Hamilton & L. Corbin Echoes from over There (1919) 125 He got a trifle zig-zag. 1923 E. Paul Impromptu 149 He groped and floundered..not completely ‘zigzag’. 1965 S. Linakis In Spring War Ended i. 24 I wanted to stay zigzag, but the silliness was out of me. C. adv. In a zigzag manner or direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adverb] > zig-zag zigzag1754 ziggety1935 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > not in a straight course > in a winding course aboutOE aboutsa1387 windingly1576 zigzag1754 mazily1845 zag1906 zigzaggedly1921 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xx. 132 It is almost incredible..how nimbly they skip,..turning Zic Zac to such Places as are passable. 1765 R. Veicht in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 The lightening is observed to run not in strait line, but zig zag. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 244 When he ignites a rocket, it may go straight forward, or zig-zag. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. iv. 374 The road..led zig~zag up the side of a precipitous mountain. Compounds C1. zigzag-shaped adj.; zigzag fashion, zigzag-wise quasi-adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately indenteda1616 zigzag1752 zigzagged1774 zigzaggya1845 zigzag-shaped1846 chevrony1887 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 129 A Way very commodious cut, Zigzag Fashion. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 236 The interline is zigzag shaped. 1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 26 Its joints are bent zig-zag-wise. C2. zigzag connection n. Electrical Engineering a form of star connection of three-phase circuits, each branch of which is interconnected and contains portions of two consecutive phases. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > induction motor > connection to common point star connection1894 zigzag connection1922 1922 P. Kemp Alternating Current Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) xiii. 188 This affects the magnetising current and may result in an appreciable increase in iron loss owing to flux distortion, and to minimize this effect zig-zag connections are sometimes adopted. 1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits iii. 47 Unbalanced direct current in the half-wave rectifiers requires larger transformers than in the full-wave rectifiers. This is partly overcome in three-phase transformers by the use of zigzag connections. zigzag machine n. a sewing machine with a swing needle that may be used to produce a zigzag stitch and decorative stitches derived from it. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > types of darner1876 free arm1948 zigzag machine1952 1950 Vogue Pattern Bk. Apr. 81/2 It was Pfaff that developed the famous Zig-Zag Model 130.] 1952 Consumers' Res. Bull. Sept. 11/1 All the zig-zag machines but one..were heavy. 1963 Which? June 165/2 For plain zig zag machines, the width of the stitch limits the range of patterns they can make. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d14 (advt.) Fashionmate zig zag machine featuring our front drop-in bobbin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). zigzagv. Brit. /ˈzɪɡzaɡ/, U.S. /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/ Etymology: < zigzag n. Compare French zigzaguer. 1. a. intransitive. To go or move in a zigzag course; to have a zigzag course or direction. Also quasi-transitive, to zigzag it, to zigzag one's way. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > make zig-zag course tack1700 zigzag1787 to work a traverse1805 weave1884 traverse1905 Major-Mitchell1922 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make zig-zag course weave1650 zigzag1787 traverse1905 the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > change direction > turn or bend > bend or wind twine1553 crankle1598 crinklea1600 creek1610 straggle1612 wind1613 serpentize1699 wander1747 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 serpentinize1791 twister1872 snake1875 twist1879 1787 R. Burns Let. 7 July (2001) I. 128 His horse..zigzagged across before my old spavin'd hunter. 1792 T. Twining in Recr. & Stud. (1882) 163 We..zigzagged up to the very top. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 167 The surprising range of rocks, zigzagging away in all directions. 1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 104 He had zig-zagg'd many a league! 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 24 He managed to..zigzag down Kennington reach..with much labour. 1897 W. W. Jacobs Skipper's Wooing iii He..zigzagged his way back to the ship. 1787 R. Burns Let. 7 Feb. (2001) I. 91 While I was chalking you out the straight way to Wealth and Character, with audacious effrontery you have zigzagged across the path.] figurative.1825 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 78 Not following the natural course of thought and feeling,..but zig-zagging after the rhyme.1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities II. 245 The red and black had zig-zagged, or won alternately for fourteen times.1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xxiii His courage zigzagged,..one moment he towered in imagination, the next he grovelled in fear. b. Of a sewing machine: to make zigzag stitches. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > sew > in specific way hem1530 thimble1834 buttonhole1851 to stitch away1853 purfle1890 prick-stitch1933 zigzag1950 1950 Consumer Rep. May 212/1 The Necchis [sc. sewing-machines] which zigzagged were inferior to the..Necchis which didn't. 1956 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Fall–Winter 1068/1 Whether you want to embroider..zig-zag or sew a straight seam, you'll find the ‘84’ unsurpassed. 1976 Woman's Weekly 6 Nov. 68/2 (advt.) It's a pocket-size sewing machine which you hold in one hand—that sews, bastes, hems, zig-zags, sews on buttons and even zippers. 2. a. transitive. To give a zigzag form to; to trace a zigzag line upon. Chiefly in past participle; see also zigzagged adj. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > make angular or furnish with angles or corners [verb (transitive)] > give zigzag form to zigzag1777 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > draw lines [verb (transitive)] > trace a zigzag line upon zigzag1872 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 98 White zigzagged with ferruginous; edges crenulated. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii The breast of the black cloud was now zigzagged..by lightning. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 65 Its lateral margin..toothed and zigzagged by the outgrowth of conically elongated cells. b. To traverse in a zigzag manner. ΘΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make zig-zag course > traverse in zig-zag way zigzag1930 1930 F. L. Bird & F. M. Ryan Recall Public Officers 42 He literally zigzagged the whole tremendous territory, visiting almost every hamlet. 1978 J. Wainwright Ripple of Murders 78 The vans..zig-zagged the near-deserted streets. 3. To cause to move in a zigzag direction; reflexive = 1. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (reflexive)] > move in winding course winda1400 twist1635 zigzag1821 angle1863 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 115 I oft zigzag me round Thy uneven, heathy ground. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 49 To see him zigzag his large body through the mob from the vestry to the pulpit. Derivatives ˈzigzagging n. and adj. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving in winding course crangling1608 winding1613 glomerating1634 mazy1726 zigzag1752 zigzagging1827 switchback1887 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > zig-zag zigzaggery1761 tack1788 zigzagging1827 Major-Mitchelling1900 zig1978 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course winding1398 crankling1598 crangling1608 indenturinga1632 meandering1652 sinuation1653 serpentinga1684 zigzaggery1761 twisting1768 zigzagging1827 switchbacking1913 zigging1977 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > winding ambagious1592 zigzagging1827 bendy1885 winding1890 screwy1891 windy1972 1827 R. Southey Let. to Mrs. Hughes 31 Dec. The zigzaging which it would be necessary to make in stage-coaches. 1861 E. T. Holland in Peaks, Passes, etc. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 85 We..climbed a steep zigzagging ascent up the ridge. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 14 One of these zigzagging blurs [sc. humming birds] came purring toward me. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table viii These zigzagging minds. 1893 Athenæum 15 July 90/1 The irritating task of zig~zagging through her volumes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.1712v.1777
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