Definition for Zigzag

zigzag, adj. [Fr. zigzag < unknown origin.]

Crisscross; akimbo; angled; back and forth; having short turns; moving from side to side; placed in different directions; [fig.] crooked; clumsy; uneven; irregular; asymmetrical; not straight; [metaphor] unpoetic; not metrical; out of rhythm.

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