Definition of "zigzag" []

• A line or course that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions. (noun)
• One of a series of such sharp turns. (noun)
• Something, such as a road or design, that exhibits one or a series of sharp turns. (noun)
• Moving in or having a zigzag. (adjective)
• In a zigzag manner or pattern. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Shooting at them on the zigzag is iffy at best, but hard to resist."
• "The trench, like all the others, was excavated in short, zigzag lengths, so that no point, either to right or left, commanded more than a score of yards of it."
• "Butterflies, too, and moths of every size and pattern; some wide-winged like bats, flapping slowly and sailing in easy curves; others like small flying violets shaking about loosely in short zigzag flights close to the flowers, feasting in plenty night and day."