zig

zig

[zig]
verb (used without object), zigged, zig·ging.
to move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course: He zigged when he should have zagged.

Origin:
1785–95; extracted from zigzag

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zig

noun
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions [syn: zigzag
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