zigzag

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

zaagvormig

zigzag

zigzaggen

zigzag gaan

zigzaglijn

slingeren

zigzaggensgewijs

zigzag lopen

zigzagsgewijs lopen

gaffelvormig

zigzagsgewijs lopen

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

zigzag

zigzag

Zickzack

zigzaguer

en zigzag

zigzag

en zigzag

ziguezague

zigzaguear

zikzak

ziguezaguear

ziga-zaga

ζιγκ-ζαγκ

zigzaguejar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Duits: 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.