The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
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Zigzag
//ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ//
Synonyms for "zigzag" (230 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (69)
declinationdefense mechanismdeflectdeflectiondepartingdeparturedesultorydetourdeviancedeviancydeviantdeviatedeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatorydeviousdeviousnessdiffractdiffuse
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digressiondigressivediscursiondiscursivedispersedistortdivagationdivaricationdivergedivergencediversiondivertdodgedoglegdoubledriftdriftingduckebb and flowelbowellelusionelusivenessequivocationerranterrantryerraticescapeevasionevasive actionevasivenessexcursionexcursiveexcursusexorbitationflexuosityflexuousforbearanceforestallingforestallmentforkforkedfurcalfurcatefurcationgeniculategeniculatedgetting aroundgnominious
Related words (115)
hairpinhitch and hikehookhookedindirectindirectioninflectionjaggedjinkkneeknee-shapedllabyrinthinemazymeandermeanderingneutralitynoninterventionnoninvolvementnook
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notchedobliquityout-of-the-waypass and repasspererrationplanetarypointpointedpreventionpullquoinraggedramblingreciprocaterefractrefrainingride and tierovingrunaroundsaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscatterseesawserpentineserratesharpsharp-corneredsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshunningshunting offshuttleshuttlecockshysidestepsidetrackingskewslantslipsnakesnakystaggerstaggeredstraystrayingsweepswerveswervingswingswingingswitchbacktackteeterteeter totterteeter-totterthe runaroundto-and-frotortuousturnturningtwisttwistingtwistyundirectedv shapedv-shapedvagrantvariationveerveeringvertexwanderingwarpwax and wanewibble-wabblewigwagwindingy shapedy-shapedyawzagzigzig zagzigzaggeryzigzaggyzigzagways
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesentails
1 entriesis a
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12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sigsag noun (line or path)
Armenian
1 entries- զիգզագ noun (line or path)
Belarusian
1 entries- зігза́г noun (line or path)
Catalan
3 entries- zig-zag noun (line or path)
- ziga-zaga noun (line or path)
- zigzaguejar verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏓᏅᏗᏍᏔᏅᏓ noun (line or path)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 之字形 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- Z字形 noun (line or path)
- 之字形 noun (line or path)
- 彎彎曲曲 /弯弯曲曲 verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Cornish
3 entries- kammdro noun (line or path)
- ygam-ogam noun (line or path)
- kammdreylya verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Czech
1 entries- kličkovat verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- кыри-гури adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- зигзаг noun (line or path)
Esperanto
4 entries- zigzaga adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- zigzage adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- zigzago noun (line or path)
- zigzagi verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Estonian
4 entries- siksakiline adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- siksakiliselt adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- siksak noun (turn)
- siksakjoon noun (line or path)
Finnish
4 entries- mutkitteleva adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- siksak adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- siksakki noun (line or path)
- siksakki noun (turn)
French
2 entries- zigzag noun (line or path)
- zigzaguer verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Galician
1 entries- zigzag noun (line or path)
Georgian
4 entries- დაკლაკნილი adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- ზიგზაგისებრი adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- ზიგზაგური adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- იკანკლური adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
German
2 entries- zickzack adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- Zickzack noun (line or path)
Hebrew
1 entries- זיגזג noun (line or path)
Hungarian
4 entries- cikcakkban adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- zegzugos vonalban adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- zegzugosan adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- cikcakk noun (line or path)
Ido
1 entries- zigzagar verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Interlingua
3 entries- zigzag noun (line or path)
- zígzág noun (line or path)
- zigzagar verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Irish
1 entries- fiarlán noun (line or path)
Italian
2 entries- zigzag noun (line or path)
- zigzagare verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Japanese
4 entries- ジグザグ adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- 雁木 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- ジグザグ noun (line or path)
- ジグザグに進む verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Kazakh
1 entries- бұралаң noun (line or path)
Korean
4 entries- 갈지자로 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- 비틀배틀 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- 실룩샐룩 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- 지그재그로 adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
Malay
1 entries- jalur berliku noun (line or path)
Māori
2 entries- kōpekapeka adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- whakatahataha verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Norwegian
1 entries- sikksakk noun (line or path)
Persian
1 entries- زیگزاگ noun (line or path)
Polish
1 entries- zygzak noun (line or path)
Portuguese
4 entries- ziguezagueante adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- em ziguezague adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- ziguezagueando adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- ziguezague noun (line or path)
Russian
4 entries- зигза́г adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- зигза́г noun (line or path)
- де́лать зигза́ги verb (move in a zigzag manner)
- идти́ зигза́гом verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lùbach adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ševuljica verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Sotho
1 entries- letswedintsweke noun (line or path)
Spanish
4 entries- en zigzag adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- en zigzag adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- zigzag noun (line or path)
- zigzaguear verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Swahili
1 entries- zigizaga noun (line or path)
Swedish
1 entries- sicksack noun (line or path)
Turkish
1 entries- zikzak noun (line or path)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зигза́гами adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- зигза́гом adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- зиґза́ґами adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- зиґза́ґом adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
Welsh
4 entries- igam-ogam adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
- igam-ogam adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- o un ochr i'r llall adv (in a zigzag manner or pattern)
- igam-ogam noun (line or path)
Yoruba
1 entries- kọ́lọkọ̀lọ adj (moving in or having a zigzag)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǂūbe verb (move in a zigzag manner)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The wind was so strong that the boat had to zigzag forward.
Source: tatoeba (10303728)
A ladder is a sequence of moves, in a zigzag pattern, in which an attacker chases a group in atari across the board.
Source: tatoeba (10366107)
Santiago ran down the zigzag stairs.
Source: tatoeba (11793123)
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