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Antonyms for zigzagging
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : zig-zag |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɪgˌzæg |
- abet
- aid
- assist
- be direct
- be still
- beautify
- break
- calm
- carry on
- continue
- correct
- demolish
- destroy
- develop
- disconnect
- disjoin
- divide
- explain
- explicate
- fix
- flatten
- free
- grow
- help
- hold
- join
- keep
- let go
- lose
- make well
- part
- persist
- progress
- raze
- release
- remain
- rise
- ruin
- run
- separate
- smooth
- stabilize
- stagnate
- stay
- steady
- straighten
- uncover
- uncurl
- unloose
- unmix
- untwist
- unwrap
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
- 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
- about-face
- aim
- alter
- alternate
- amble
- angle
- angle away
- angle off
- arch
- backslide
- bank
- bat around
- be all over the map
- blunder
- bow
- braid
- branch off
- bridge
- buckle
- build
- call off
- camber
- capsize
- careen
- change
- change position
- circle
- clamber
- climb
- coil
- complect
- complicate
- compose
- construct
- contort
- convert
- convolute
- convulse
- corkscrew
- cover
- crawl
- create
- crimp
- crinkle
- crisp
- criss-cross
- crochet
- crook
- crouch
- cruise
- cue
- curl
- curve
- cut across
- deflect
- deform
- depart
- detour
- detract
- deviate
- digress
- direct
- distort
- dither
- divagate
- diverge
- dodder
- dodge
- double
- double back
- drift
- droop
- encircle
- enclose
- entwine
- envelop
- excurse
- extend
- extend over
- extricate oneself
- fabricate
- face about
- falter
- flex
- flounder
- fold
- ford
- fork
- form into ringlets
- frizz
- furl
- fuse
- gad
- gallivant
- genuflect
- get sidetracked
- glide
- go across
- go back
- halt
- hesitate
- hook
- incline
- incorporate
- incurvate
- indent
- interfold
- interlace
- interlink
- intermingle
- intertwine
- introduce
- inverse
- invert
- jerk
- jiggle
- kink
- knit
- knock about
- knock around
- knot
- lap
- lean
- loop
- lurch
- make
- make up
- manufacture
- mat
- meander
- meet
- merge
- mesh
- move
- move across
- move in and out
- navigate
- net
- notch
- ooze
- overlap
- overpass
- pass over
- perambulate
- percolate
- peregrinate
- pervert
- piece together
- pitch
- pivot
- plait
- ply
- promenade
- put together
- quake
- quiver
- ramble
- range
- rechannel
- recoil
- redirect
- reel
- regress
- relapse
- reticulate
- retrace
- return
- revert
- rick
- ringlet
- ripple
- roam
- rock
- roll
- round
- rove
- sail
- saunter
- scallop
- scramble
- screw
- seesaw
- sew
- shake
- sheer
- shift
- shimmy
- shunt
- shy away
- sidetrack
- skew
- slide
- slink
- slip
- slither
- slue
- snake
- sneak
- span
- spin
- spiral
- splice
- sprain
- sprangle
- sprawl
- spread
- spread-eagle
- squirm
- stagger
- stammer
- step
- stoop
- straddle
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- stumble
- subvert
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- swirl
- switch
- swivel
- tack
- teeter
- tilt
- titubate
- topple
- totter
- trail
- traipse
- transform
- transverse
- tremble
- trip
- turn
- turn around
- twine
- twirl
- twist
- twist and turn
- twitch
- undulate
- unsteady
- upset
- vacillate
- vary
- veer
- verge
- volte-face
- voyage
- wag
- waggle
- walk
- walk unsteadily
- warp
- wave
- waver
- weave
- wheel
- whiffle
- whip
- whip through
- whirl
- wiggle
- wilt
- wind
- wobble
- worm
- wrap
- wrap around
- wreathe
- wrench
- wriggle
- wring
- writhe
- yaw
- zigzag
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