zigzag

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Moving in, or having a zigzag.
2. (US, World-War-I, not-comparable, slang) Drunk.

Verb

To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

Adv

in a zigzag manner or pattern

Concepts

zigzag

zigzaguer

en zigzag

serpenter

🐍

tordu

briser

zigzaguant

lacet

en lacets

manivelle

zigzagant

Synonymes

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

Traductions

zigzag

Zickzack

zigzag

en zigzag

zaagvormig

zigzaguear

ziguezague

zikzak

zigzag

ziguezaguear

ziga-zaga

ζιγκ-ζαγκ

zigzaguejar

sich schlängeln

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à allemand: Zickzack

In summary

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. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person.