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adjective

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as in zigzag

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zigzagging

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verb

present participle of zigzag
as in weaving
to move suddenly aside or to and fro the fleeing car zigzagged down the highway at breakneck speed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zigzagging
  1. weaving
  2. winding
  3. tortuous
  4. sinuous
  5. twisted
  6. serpentine
  7. spiral
Verb
  • The name has been around since 1909, weaving up iconic woolen and jacquard designs first for Indigenous communities and later for the masses.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nick was driving over 120 miles per hour in Beverly Hills, Florida, in Citrus County when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper observed the man weaving in-and-out of traffic.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weaving
Adjective
  • These locations give them better visibility but also provide winding advantages.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
  • After a warm welcome, you’ll be led down a winding brick pathway dotted with bougainvillea to one of ten private red and white bungalows, each decked out with a full kitchen, comfy beds, and a balcony that’s perfect for star gazing and listening to the whistling tree frogs.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of winding
Adjective
  • Maria certainly has elements of this in its depiction of the singer’s tortuous relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who eventually left her for Jackie Kennedy.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Macron backed the law in its tortuous course through parliament, but, in an unusual twist, has said that some articles appear unconstitutional.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
Definition of tortuous
Adjective
  • Beneath a red sky, on a path with guardrails overlooking a swirling fjord, a sinuous man in all black, his hands raised in horror to his bald and skeletal head, screams.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In theory, the role of Sydney Prosser, the stripper turned swindler in David O. Russell’s sinuous crime comedy, begs for a big performance.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of sinuous
Adjective
  • Lee Byung-hun — who returns as the Front Man who runs the twisted games in the new season premiering Dec. 26 — told NBC News that his character is more complex than what fans were initially shown.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Safi is a twisted reflection of what Max could become, power-hungry and desperate for validation from a world that Safi feels has forgotten about her existence.
    Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of twisted
Adjective
  • The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of serpentine
Adjective
  • Separate notes in a spiral notebook allegedly found on Mangione included to-do lists to facilitate a killing and references to the Unabomber, a law enforcement source briefed on the matter told CNN.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Find these regions by looking for the pink dots along the spiral arms.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of spiral
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