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• n  an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• v  travel along a zigzag path
  The river zigzags through the countryside
• s  having short sharp turns or angles
• r  in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
  birds flew zigzag across the blue sky

• The latest introductions are Missoni's Carousel collection, above right, featuring splashes of the house's signature zigzag (at Barneys New York).
• He'll zigzag the length of the parade, sprinting forward and backward, an intern trailing behind him with a towel so he can mop the sweat off his face.
• Once he dozed off, and his 'pen scratched a crazy zigzag down the sheet.

• zig
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• crank
• zig-zag

News & Articles

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• Inside the Cover: How America Lost Its Nerve
  Much as Baghdad once did, Kabul, Afghanistan feels like an outpost of American imperialism. There's the familiar "green zone," the checkpoints you have to zigzag through, the armored convoys roaring by in clouds of dust, their IED jammers poking up like peacock tails.
  June 10, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Joseph Lowery in WSBtv.com
  At a press conference, Lowery called Jones a "zigzag so-called conservative Bush supporter," and bashed the Democrat for voting in 2000 and 2004 to elect President Bush.
• Dennis Miller in CBS News
  I have the same approach I would use if I were crossing a prison yard late at night,Miller said about his career in an interview with The Associated Press Thursday. "I zigzag to stay ahead of everyone."
• Dominic James in ESPN
  That's the first time we worked on doing zigzag defensive drills in individual workouts going from end line to end line,James said. "That type of perfection is paying off and the whole team is buying it. I'm into it."