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ZAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zag mean?
• ZAG (noun)
The noun ZAG has 1 sense:
1. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Familiarity information: ZAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("zag" is a kind of...):
angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Context examples
All the valley at my right hand was full of pasture- fields, and cornfields, and wood; and a glittering stream ran zig-zag through the varied shades of green, the mellowing grain, the sombre woodland, the clear and sunny lea.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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