zigzag

1. 1.

   having short sharp turns or angles

   Synonymszig-zag

   Similarcrooked

1. 1.

   in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path

   “birds flew zigzag across the blue sky”

Other forms of zigzag

plural

zigzags·

past tense or participle

zigzagged

present participle

zigzagging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zigzag

What does zigzag mean?

zigzag means "an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zigzag?

zigzag has 2 syllables: zig-zag. The stress falls on "zig". In IPA it is /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/.

What is another word for zigzag?

Close synonyms include zig, zag, crank, zig-zag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zigzag a common word?

zigzag is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.