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Meanings of zag in anglès

portuguès
ziguezague
català
ziga-zaga

An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.

        ziga-zaga
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        Examples for "zigzag"
        Examples for "zigzag"
        1
        On the night of February 24 began the third movement in zigzag.
        A Handbook of the Boer War / With General Map of South Africa an...
        2
        Then his course would become a zigzag and very much more painful.
        Eight Days of Luke
        3
        Five plain stitches form a zigzag in the middle of the stripe.
        Encyclopedia of Needlework
        4
        I followed a zigzag pattern, determined to find a route to freedom.
        206 Bones
        5
        Suddenly sharp flashes of lightning darted in zigzag rays through the gloom.
        Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People'
        1
        At one in the morning the guests took leave, and zig-zagged homeward.
        Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
        2
        The Norman remains are four clustered columns, embellished in the zig-zag style.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 / Great Britain and ...
        3
        At first I couldn't match this particular zig with a corresponding zag.
        11/22/63
        4
        A stream tangled in willows cut a zig-zag course across the valley.
        The Valiant Runaways
        5
        Then I ran round to the eastern wall under the zig-zag patterns.
        Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
        Usage of zag in anglès
        1
        The Norman remains are four clustered columns, embellished in the zig-zag style.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 / Great Britain and ...
        2
        At first I couldn't match this particular zig with a corresponding zag.
        11/22/63
        3
        A stream tangled in willows cut a zig-zag course across the valley.
        The Valiant Runaways
        4
        Bands and their sizeable entourages zig-zag the globe, often in private jets.
        The Irish Times
        5
        I descended by a very steep zig-zag path nearly to the bottom.
        The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
        6
        We have to take a zig-zag course, you see, said the guide.
        The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
        7
        Down, step by step, moved Mahon, a zig-zag course that missed nothing.
        The Return of Blue Pete
        8
        Most of us are like men who zig-zag about, chasing after butterflies!
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
        9
        Steve knows how to zig and zag his way out of the truth.
        News.com.au
        10
        Now three forms came dashing toward the house, running in a zig-zag course.
        The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; Or, the Struggle to Save ...
        11
        So the launch steamed a somewhat zig-zag course over the waves.
        Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
        12
        The path is zig-zag across the cliff, and is extremely fatiguing.
        In the Footprints of the Padres
        13
        A slight lull, and a hesitating zig-zag movement in his direction.
        Bluebell / A Novel
        14
        He then used a pencil and drew a zig-zag line across the slate.
        Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University...
        15
        They were looking straight down the hill at the zig-zag steps.
        A Tale of Time City
        16
        Always good to find somebody who zigs when most folks zag.
        American empire: blood and iron
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        Translations for zag
        portuguès
        ziguezague
        català
        ziga-zaga
        Zag through the time
        Zag across language varieties
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