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- noun Plural form of
zig . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
zig .
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Examples
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It's the latest in a series of zigs and zags for the company since the late 1970s, when Atari was known for arcade games and home game consoles.
Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011
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"This is a guy who always zigs when people expect him to zag."
What will Joe Lieberman do? Chris Cillizza 2011
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"This is a guy who always zigs when people expect him to zag."
The Fix: What will Joe Lieberman do? By Chris Cillizza 2011
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In short, Mike Leigh is a writer and director who zigs when you expect him to zag, who escapes easy pigeonholing by dint of squirming too much.
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What happens with "Thin Ice," after its zigs and zags, is an ending with too little impact and too much explanation of all we just saw happen.
'Undefeated': Real School Football (Almost) John Anderson 2012
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The Hot Mommas Project actually would not exist without the zigs and zags.
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No one would remember the zigs and zags of the past three weeks.
Obama's Egypt opportunity Charles Lane 2011
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Ski cross pits groups of four skiers on a steep, rolling course that zigs, zags and soars down the mountain.
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If you double twitch a weightless tube just right it zigs and then quickly zags and on occasion is immediately NAILED by a nearby bass.
I Do It My Way 2009
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Zigs and Zags Since it zigs when other investments zag, it is an insurance policy.
The Case for and Against Gold Lewis J. Altfest 2011
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