zigzagged
Moved in angles
Zigzagged is the past tense of zigzag—to move in a path of sharp alternating turns rather than a straight line.
A runner zigzagged through defenders; lightning zigzagged across the sky.
The word suggests quick, angular changes in direction: The car zigzagged down the mountain road.
Abrupt directional change
- veerChange course suddenly
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- jinkAbrupt evasive maneuver
- dodgeAvoid by quick movement
dart · careen · lurch · skid · slalom · sidestep · maneuver · evasion
Reversing mountain path
- hairpinU-shaped fastener for tresses
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
crooked · twisting · sinuous · snaking · curving · labyrinthine · tortuous · convoluted
Sharply uneven, notched
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- diagonalSlanting line or path
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- chevronV-shaped line or symbol
sawtooth · notched · serrated · staggered · kinked · bent · angled · herringbone
Hard to find
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- avoidingDeliberately staying clear
- skirtingAvoiding by going around
- outmaneuveringDefeating through superior tactics
ducking · escaping · fleeing · retreating · deflecting · sidestepping · circumventing · evading
swerve
Abrupt directional change
dodge · dart · careen · lurch · skid · slalom · sidestep · maneuver · evasion · feint
switchback
Reversing mountain path
- hairpinU-shaped fastener for tresses
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
meandering · crooked · twisting · sinuous · snaking · curving · labyrinthine · tortuous · convoluted · circuitous
jagged
Sharply uneven, notched
chevron · sawtooth · notched · serrated · staggered · kinked · bent · angled · herringbone · crenellated
elusive
Hard to find
outmaneuvering · ducking · escaping · fleeing · retreating · deflecting · sidestepping · circumventing · evading · slipping
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- randomOccurring without pattern
chaotic · unsteady · inconsistent · sporadic · volatile · fitful · wayward · aimless · directionless · scattered
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- trope treatmentssubversion, inversion, deconstruction, averted, deconstructed