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Definition of zag in English: zagnounPlural zags zaɡzaɡ A sharp change of direction in a zigzag course. we travelled in a series of zigs and zags Example sentencesExamples - The only thing that threatens the company, in fact, is a change in the game, an industry zig to the company's zag.
- His career has been fraught with erratic zigs and zags.
verbzagged, zags, zagging zaɡzaɡ [no object]Make a sharp change of direction. a long path zigged and zagged through the woods Example sentencesExamples - In an investment career that started with oil back in the 1960s, Anschutz has usually zigged when others zagged.
- We will be awkwardly zagging while most of our peers happily zig in lockstep.
- The four looked up to see a red-headed kid skateboarding into the room, zigging and zagging uncontrollably.
- He is fast running straight ahead, and he retains his speed even while zigging and zagging across the field.
- Receivers zigged when they should have zagged.
- Of course I zigged when I should of zagged and wound up 2 kilometres out of my way.
- The traffic appears to be behaving, but earlier people were just zigging, zagging in and out.
- He zigged and zagged and she went with him, arm clenched tightly to his.
- I chuckled lightly as one of the lower balloons disengaged itself from the pole and lazily drifted upward, zigging and zagging on the warmish breeze.
- We descended and scrambled and zigged and zagged and trudged ever on.
- Native speakers argue that we are still zigging when the rest of the world has zagged.
- I've been stuck on the scratch, zigging and zagging with great effort through the past 4 or 5 days.
- They zigged and zagged and made giant colorful shapes and pictures in the sky.
- They weave through the tangled branches of the forest, zigging and zagging, the goshawk right on the thrush's tail, like a shadow.
- We zigged, we zagged, horns blasted and drivers swore, but we did get to the other side.
- The market zigged and zagged and most groups ended little changed.
- Dennis, I think you zigged when you should have zagged with the last comment.
Origin Late 18th century: shortening of zigzag. Rhymes bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag Definition of zag in US English: zagnounzaɡ A sharp change of direction in a zigzag course. we traveled in a series of zigs and zags Example sentencesExamples - His career has been fraught with erratic zigs and zags.
- The only thing that threatens the company, in fact, is a change in the game, an industry zig to the company's zag.
verbzaɡ [no object]Make a sharp change of direction. a long path zigged and zagged through the woods Example sentencesExamples - We will be awkwardly zagging while most of our peers happily zig in lockstep.
- I've been stuck on the scratch, zigging and zagging with great effort through the past 4 or 5 days.
- The market zigged and zagged and most groups ended little changed.
- In an investment career that started with oil back in the 1960s, Anschutz has usually zigged when others zagged.
- The four looked up to see a red-headed kid skateboarding into the room, zigging and zagging uncontrollably.
- Dennis, I think you zigged when you should have zagged with the last comment.
- I chuckled lightly as one of the lower balloons disengaged itself from the pole and lazily drifted upward, zigging and zagging on the warmish breeze.
- They weave through the tangled branches of the forest, zigging and zagging, the goshawk right on the thrush's tail, like a shadow.
- We descended and scrambled and zigged and zagged and trudged ever on.
- Receivers zigged when they should have zagged.
- He is fast running straight ahead, and he retains his speed even while zigging and zagging across the field.
- They zigged and zagged and made giant colorful shapes and pictures in the sky.
- We zigged, we zagged, horns blasted and drivers swore, but we did get to the other side.
- Native speakers argue that we are still zigging when the rest of the world has zagged.
- Of course I zigged when I should of zagged and wound up 2 kilometres out of my way.
- He zigged and zagged and she went with him, arm clenched tightly to his.
- The traffic appears to be behaving, but earlier people were just zigging, zagging in and out.
Origin Late 18th century: shortening of zigzag. |