as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the fox zigged to the right, and the hounds followed
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Recent Examples of zig
Sean likes to break the mold, and kinda zig when everybody else is zagging.
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Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
There are several mountain biking trails that zig and zag up tight, dusty paths and through thickly wooded forest, and others that are perfect for more intermediate riders with only slight elevation gains.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
There are several mountain biking trails that zig and zag up tight, dusty paths and through thickly wooded forest, and others that are perfect for more intermediate riders with only slight elevation gains.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zig
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After passengers swim in the ocean, the boat tours the coast, veering close to the jagged cliffs, sea caves, and waterfalls. 10.—
Rachel Ng,
AFAR Media,
7 May 2025
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The Post screams on, and—by the evidence of our last national election, in which almost every demographic in the city veered right, toward Donald Trump, whose profile was created, in part, in Murdoch’s pages—New York keeps hearing it out.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The professor-like spins of senior Peyton Levine, meanwhile, offer plenty of zig and zag for the Foxes.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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In other words, a function can only zig and zag so much.—
Solomon Adams,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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Jay Hook had a degree in engineering and was the rare pitcher who could explain how a curveball curves.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Her one-shoulder design was perfectly tailored to curve to her body for sleek yet stylish sophistication.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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The president also floated cutting Chinese tariffs to 80%.—
Grace Miserocchi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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“Zig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zig. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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