The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
Source: tatoeba (328103)
Zigzag
/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/
Synonyms for "zigzag" (276 found)
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deflectdeflectiondepartingdeparturedesultorydetourdeviancedeviancydeviantdeviatedeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatorydeviousdeviousnessdiffractdiffusedigressiondigressive
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discursiondiscursivedispersedistortdivagationdivaricationdivergedivergencediversiondivertdodgedoglegdoubledriftdriftingduckebb and flowelbowellelusionelusivenessequivocationerranterrantryerraticescapeevasionevasive actionevasivenessexcursionexcursiveexcursusexorbitationflexuosityflexuousforbearanceforestallingforestallmentforkforkedfurcalfurcatefurcationgeniculategeniculatedgetting aroundgnominioushairpinhitch and hikehookhookedindirectindirectioninflectionjagged
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
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jinkkneeknee-shapedllabyrinthinemazymeandermeanderingneutralitynoninterventionnoninvolvementnooknotchedobliquityout-of-the-waypass and repasspererrationplanetarypointpointed
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preventionpullquoinraggedramblingreciprocaterefractrefrainingride and tierovingrunaroundsaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscatterseesawserpentineserratesharpsharp-corneredsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshunningshunting offshuttleshuttlecockshysidestepsidetrackingskewslantslipsnakesnakystaggerstaggeredstraystrayingsweepswerveswervingswingswingingswitchbacktackteeterteeter totterteeter-totterthe runaroundto-and-frotortuousturnturningtwisttwistingtwistyundirectedv shapedv-shapedvagrantvariationveerveeringvertexwanderingwarpwax and wanewibble-wabblewigwagwindingy shapedy-shapedyawzagzigzigzaggeryzigzaggyzigzagways
Noun(26 words)
meanderoscillateoscillationpolylinesawtoothsawtooth lineserpentineslalomslalomingslalomssnakesnakingsquigglessquigglingswitchbackstacksv patternweaveweaveszag
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14 entriesalternating trendalternationchevroncrisscrossingnonlinear trajectoryoscillationsawtoothsawtooth designsawtooth patternstaircasezigzag linezigzag policyzigzag strategyzigzagging
Collocations
8 entrieszigzag boundaryzigzag designzigzag linezigzag motionzigzag pathzigzag patternzigzag routezigzag trajectory
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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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