SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
zigzag
noun
A line or course that turns sharply first one way and then the other.
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The Orchard With Two Front Doors · paragraph 3A line or course that turns sharply first one way and then the other.
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See zigzag in use
The delivery track followed a zigzag across the steep hillside.
On the chart a red zigzag marked a course between five buoys.
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