{s} proceeding or formed in a zigzag (line characterized by sharp turns first to one side then to the other), angular, irregular
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" having short sharp turns or angles in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky
in a zigzag manner, in the manner of a line characterized by sharp turns first to one side then to the other, angularly, irregularly
If you zigzag, you move forward by going at an angle first to one side then to the other. I zigzagged down a labyrinth of alleys Expertly he zigzagged his way across the field, avoiding the deeper gullies. a pattern that looks like a line of z's joined together (probably from zickzack). zigzagged zigzagging to move forward in sharp angles, first to the left and then to the right etc