zigzagging
Moving in angles
Zigzagging is moving in a pattern of sharp alternating turns—left then right, back and forth.
A skier zigzags down a slope, a running back zigzags through defenders, a path zigzags up a mountainside.
The word captures any motion or course that proceeds by repeated angular direction changes rather than a straight line: The drunk driver was zigzagging across lanes.
weave
Interlace strands into fabric
meander · twist · turn · dodge · veer · tack · jink · lurch · crisscross · switchback
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V-shaped line or symbol
- herringboneV-shaped diagonal weave
- rickrackFlat woven zigzag trimming
- stripeContrasting linear marking
jagged · serrated · angular · sawtooth · stitch · trim · embroidery · motif · lattice · crenellation
- tackingcome about, close-hauled, basting, stitching, pinning
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- erratic motionthrashing, flailing, jerking, lurching, twitching
- maneuveringmaneuvering, positioning, steering, repositioning, pivoting
- Z wordszero, zone, zoo, zip, zap
- aimlessnessaimlessness, directionless, drifting, purposelessness, wandering
zigzaggingstraight
Not curved or crooked
linear · in a straight line · direct · beelining · arrow-straight
zigzaggingdirect
Undeviating or to guide
straightforward · beelining · efficient · purposeful · unhesitating