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Meaning of Zigzag | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ

Definitions

  1. A small town in Oregon.
  2. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
  3. One of these sharp turns.

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Examples

“She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: […].”
“And still, high in front, arose the precipitous barrier of the mountain, greened over where it seemed that scarce a harebell could find root, barred with the zigzags of a human road where it seemed that not a goat could scramble.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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