Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to zigzag
Participle: zigzagged
Gerund: zigzagging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | zigzag |
| you | zigzag |
| he;she;it | zigzags |
| we | zigzag |
| you | zigzag |
| they | zigzag |
Perfect
| I | have zigzagged |
| you | have zigzagged |
| he;she;it | has zigzagged |
| we | have zigzagged |
| you | have zigzagged |
| they | have zigzagged |
Past
| I | zigzagged |
| you | zigzagged |
| he;she;it | zigzagged |
| we | zigzagged |
| you | zigzagged |
| they | zigzagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had zigzagged |
| you | had zigzagged |
| he;she;it | had zigzagged |
| we | had zigzagged |
| you | had zigzagged |
| they | had zigzagged |
Future
| I | will zigzag |
| you | will zigzag |
| he;she;it | will zigzag |
| we | will zigzag |
| you | will zigzag |
| they | will zigzag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have zigzagged |
| you | will have zigzagged |
| he;she;it | will have zigzagged |
| we | will have zigzagged |
| you | will have zigzagged |
| they | will have zigzagged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | zigzag |
| you | zigzag |
| he;she;it | zigzag |
| we | zigzag |
| you | zigzag |
| they | zigzag |
Perfect
| I | have zigzagged |
| you | have zigzagged |
| he;she;it | have zigzagged |
| we | have zigzagged |
| you | have zigzagged |
| they | have zigzagged |
Imperfect
| I | zigzagged |
| you | zigzagged |
| he;she;it | zigzagged |
| we | zigzagged |
| you | zigzagged |
| they | zigzagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had zigzagged |
| you | had zigzagged |
| he;she;it | had zigzagged |
| we | had zigzagged |
| you | had zigzagged |
| they | had zigzagged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would zigzag |
| you | would zigzag |
| he;she;it | would zigzag |
| we | would zigzag |
| you | would zigzag |
| they | would zigzag |
Perfect
| I | would have zigzagged |
| you | would have zigzagged |
| he;she;it | would have zigzagged |
| we | would have zigzagged |
| you | would have zigzagged |
| they | would have zigzagged |
Imperative
| you | zigzag |
| we | Let's zigzag |
| you | zigzag |
Verbs conjugated like 'zigzag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'zigzag'
zig-zag,
wigwag,
bigg,
cizar,
gag,
gnag,
igg,
mistag,
rizzar,
signal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person.Verbs referencing "zigzag"
Ido zigzagar.
Sample Sentences
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[…] she saw them as we see the throngs which cover the canvases of Sallaert, Van Alsloot, and others of that school—vast masses of beings, jostling, zigzagging, and processioning in definite directions, but whose features are indistinguishable by the very comprehensiveness of the view. [1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC:]
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At the base this vent was dark, cool, and smelled of dry, musty dust. It zigzagged so that he could not see ahead more than a few yards at a time. [1912 January, Zane Grey, “Surprise Valley”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 98:]
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If the first two novels created a new genre — Peakean fantasy — then this third volume zigzags between several: the Bildungsroman, science fiction, social satire, morality tale and dystopian prophecy. [2002, Malcolm Yorke, Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life, page 298:]