Zigzag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Zigzag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Zigzag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zigzag adv in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky" adj having short sharp turns or angles [syn: zigzag, {zig- zag}] n an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions Synonym(s): zigzag, zig, zag v travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" Synonym(s): zigzag, crank
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 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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Zigzag, OR Zip code(s): 97049