Zigzag

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.

Equivalents

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.”

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