Definition of zig in English:
zig
nounPlural zigszɪɡziɡ
A sharp change of direction in a zigzag course.
he went round and round in zigs and zags
Example sentencesExamples
- One fellow has his hands in his pockets and no zig in his zag at all.
verbzigging, zigs, zigged zɪɡziɡ
[no object]Make a sharp change of direction.
Example sentencesExamples
- When everyone is zigging, that's when you want to zag.
- He zigged and zagged and she went with him, arm clenched tightly to his.
- We zigged when we should have zagged.
- The market zigged and zagged and most groups ended little changed.
- Just when one thinks the Justices might zig, they zag, but whichever way they turn, their reasoning seems increasingly arbitrary and contrived.
- If you zig when they zag, it is possible to search acres of water without seeing a fish.
- Native speakers argue that we are still zigging when the rest of the world has zagged.
- Arnott's fund will zig when everybody else zags.
- He invariably zigged when he should have zagged and was instrumental in the team's difficulties executing its offense.
Origin
1960s: by abbreviation of zigzag.