Synonyms of the word zigzag


ZIGZAGANGULARITY - CRANK - CROOKED - GO - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - TRAVEL - ZAG - ZIG

zigzag

  • n. a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
  • n. one of such sharp turns.
  • adj. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
  • v. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
  • adv. in a zigzag manner or pattern.

angularity

  • n. (uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
  • n. (countable) A sharp point or angle.

crank

  • adj. (slang) strange, weird, odd.
  • adj. sick; unwell; infirm.
  • adj. (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
  • adj. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
  • n. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft…
  • n. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
  • n. (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
  • n. (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
  • n. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
  • n. (informal, Britain, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave…
  • n. (informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
  • n. (US, slang) methamphetamine.
  • n. (rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
  • n. (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
  • n. (slang) penis.
  • v. (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn a crank.
  • v. (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
  • v. (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
  • v. (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
  • v. (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

crooked

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of crook.
  • adj. Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
  • adj. Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
  • adj. (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

go

  • v. To move.
  • v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • v. (intransitive) To attend.
  • v. To proceed.
  • v. To follow or travel along (a path).
  • v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
  • v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
  • v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • v. To pass, to be used up.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
  • v. To break down or apart.
  • v. (intransitive) To be sold.
  • v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  • v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
  • v. To say (something), to make a sound.
  • v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • v. To apply or subject oneself to.
  • v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
  • v. (intransitive) To date.
  • v. To attack.
  • v. To be in general; to be usually.
  • v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
  • n. (uncommon) The act of going.
  • n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • n. An attempt, a try.
  • n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • n. An act; the working or operation.
  • n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  • n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
  • n. A period of activity.
  • n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

locomote

  • v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

travel

  • v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
  • v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  • v. (transitive) To force to journey.
  • v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
  • n. The act of traveling.
  • n. pl A series of journeys.
  • n. pl An account of one's travels.
  • n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  • n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
  • n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

zag

  • n. One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
  • v. to move with a sharp turn or reversal.

zig

  • n. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.
  • v. To make such a turn.

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