Definition of zig zag in English English dictionary
Machining in which motion is done alternately in one direction then the other Compare with one way
To move in a Zig Zag pattern diagonally across L O D, front to back or the reverse
This is a stitch that most sewing machines can accomplish and is commonly used in place of serging when you don't own a serger Just like its name suggests the stitch zigs back and forth instead of in a straight line
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
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
v t To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning )
In a bull market, an Elliott three-wave pattern that subdivides into a 5-3-5 pattern with the top of wave B noticeably lower than the start of wave A In a bear market, this pattern will be inverted
v t To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden (From zed, z, and jag, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning )