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Word Meanings - ZIGZAG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3. (more info) 1. Something that has short turns or angles. The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag.

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A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3. (more info) 1. Something that has short turns or angles. The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag. Burke.

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