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  • verb Present participle of zag.

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Examples

  • Even the lightly toned line zig-zagging across the tail seems a matter of light before it finally registers as a fatal fracture.

    Works of Creative Destruction Michael FitzGerald 2011

  • Don Young, the contrarian congressman for the whole state, is again zipping where others are zagging.

    AlaskaDispatch.com: Alaska Congressman Sponsors Natural Gas-Powered Pork AlaskaDispatch.com 2011

  • The two men are having at each other in Simon Higlett's swanky idea of a library at Chequers, where very much in line with 2010 political climate -- which means, for one thing, dire economic straits -- a possible way out has cropped up in the form of an oil pipeline originating in fictional Kumranistan and zig-zagging through most of the European countries.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat David Finkle 2010

  • The kid was fast, zagging right and left like a linebacker through the crowded field.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • The two men are having at each other in Simon Higlett's swanky idea of a library at Chequers, where very much in line with 2010 political climate -- which means, for one thing, dire economic straits -- a possible way out has cropped up in the form of an oil pipeline originating in fictional Kumranistan and zig-zagging through most of the European countries.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat David Finkle 2010

  • However, I could do "Zydro," in which they put about a foot of water inside the globe and send you zig-zagging down the hill.

    Margie Goldsmith: ZORB® Globe Riding in New Zealand Margie Goldsmith 2010

  • Flies were already beginning to swarm and upon closer inspection he could see thousands of tiny ants zig zagging back and forth across the carcass.

    The Company Man Stephen Carter 2011

  • The kid was fast, zagging right and left like a linebacker through the crowded field.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • However, I could do "Zydro," in which they put about a foot of water inside the globe and send you zig-zagging down the hill.

    Margie Goldsmith: ZORB® Globe Riding in New Zealand Margie Goldsmith 2010

  • Far back when I went zig-zagging through tamarack pastures you were my genius, you my cast-iron Viking, my helmed lion-heart king in prison.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Distant Celestial Fires Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

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