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Topic: SHAPES, PATTERNS

Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: , probably from German zickzack

zigzag

1 noun
     
zig‧zag1 [countable]
CF a pattern that looks like a line of z's joined together:
a zigzag path along the cliff
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