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Antonyms for zigzagging


Grammar : Verb
Spell : zig-zag
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɪgˌzæg



Definition of zigzagging

  • As in ramble : verb wander about; travel aimlessly
  • As in stagger : verb walk falteringly
  • As in totter : verb move falteringly
  • As in turn : verb reverse; change course
  • As in twist : verb curl, spin
  • As in bend : verb form or cause a curve
  • As in weave : verb blend, unite; contrive
  • As in wiggle : verb shake back and forth
  • As in wind : verb bend, turn
  • As in wriggle : verb maneuver out of; wiggle
  • As in yaw : verb temporarily swerve off coarse
  • As in yaw : verb swerve
  • As in refract : verb bend
  • As in crook : verb bend, angle
  • As in cross : verb traverse an area
  • As in curl : verb bend, loop
Example sentences :
  • This zigzagging, or "tacking," as it is called, is illustrated in Fig. 141.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Well, then, here we have been zigzagging about for a good hour, havent we?
  • Extract from : « The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery » by Samuel Adams Drake
  • After zigzagging through the woods he had set off in a bee-line for the top of a cliff.
  • Extract from : « Watched by Wild Animals » by Enos A. Mills
  • It is reached by a stone stairway, zigzagging along the face of the rocks.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years in Europe » by Samuel H. M. Byers
  • It would have been easy enough if I had been zigzagging according to Hoyle.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Hounds » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • It was their one hope, and by zigzagging from the creek to any semblance of a road, the entrance to the nook might be identified.
  • Extract from : « Wells Brothers » by Andy Adams
  • Soon they were zigzagging up the face of the Drakensberg—the loftiest and grandest mountain range in all South Africa.
  • Extract from : « Our Little Boer Cousin » by Luna May Innes
  • After zigzagging for awhile in rain, we come suddenly upon the Roman theatre, a sight to take one's breath away.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Leaping, zigzagging to avoid the bullets aimed at them, they came on in the most determined manner.
  • Extract from : « Haviland's Chum » by Bertram Mitford
  • Despite the speed, the zigzagging course kept Dave opposite the troopship he had been guarding through the night.
  • Extract from : « Dave Darrin and the German Submarines » by H. Irving Hancock

Synonyms for zigzagging

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