zigzag
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zigzag/ˈzɪɡzaɡ/
▶noun a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.
■ a turn on such a course.
▶adjective & adverb veering to right and left alternately. ▶verb (zigzags, zigzagging, zigzagged) take a zigzag course.– origin C18: from Fr., from Ger. Zickzack, first applied to fortifications.
'zigzag' also found in these Oxford entries:
adder
- feather stitch
- forked lightning
- indent
- juke
- pink
- pinking shears
- rickrack
- traverse
- zag
- zig
