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a
: one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course
b
: one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zig
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Examples of zag in a Sentence
Verb
the crowd roared as the clown on the bicycle zagged while the other clowns, in hot pursuit, zigged
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Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Her own straight-talking but peripatetic prose zags provocatively from Clintonian economic policy in Russia to her own eating disorder; from the gulf war to bling rap videos shot through a fish-eye lens.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Solomon Adams, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2025
The first few months of the year in New York theater zig and then zag.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The editors were well aware that this anointment would come as a surprise, something of a zag.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Her own straight-talking but peripatetic prose zags provocatively from Clintonian economic policy in Russia to her own eating disorder; from the gulf war to bling rap videos shot through a fish-eye lens.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
In other words, a function can only zig and zag so much.
—Solomon Adams, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2025
The first few months of the year in New York theater zig and then zag.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Zag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zag. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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