zigzag

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
2. One of these sharp turns.

Adj

1. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
2. (slang) Drunk.

Verb

To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

Adv

in a zigzag manner or pattern

Conceptos

zigzag

en zigzag

zigzaguear

zigzagear

sinuoso

tortuoso

complicado

serpenteado

culebrear

quebrar

serpentear

Sinónimos

winding

meandering

crooked

meander

sinuous

tortuous

snake

🐍

crank

zag

zig

zig-zag

angular

oblique

irregular

jagged

curving

serpentine

crisscross

saw-toothed

seesaw

serpentines

serrate

serrated

serration

sheer

slalom

stagger

swerve

thread

🧵

twisting

wag

wind

wound

wriggle

zigzagging

stepped pier

toothing gear

hooked stick

bend many times

turn and twist

meanderingly

swayingly

tortuous highway

broken-field

dancette

zigzag pattern

saw-shaped

anywhere

at random

bend

complicated

curve

distorted

escapement

everywhere

forked

hackle

inclined

labyrinth

mazy

meandered

notched

rotate

sawtooth

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word.