🇬🇧 Zigzag meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A zigzag is a kind of line or path that keeps turning sharply from side to side, instead of going straight. It looks like a row of the letter Z stuck together, going up and down or left and right. You can draw a zigzag with a pencil, walk in a zigzag to be silly, or see zigzags on clothes, fences, and lightning shapes.

The squirrel ran in a zigzag so wild that even it looked confused about where it was going.

The path to the bathroom at night felt like a scary zigzag through a jungle of toy blocks.

The lizard ran in a zigzag so fast that my eyes had to take a coffee break.

I drew a zigzag on my homework, and my pencil said, “Whee!” every time it turned a corner.

Lightning often travels in a jagged zigzag shape through the sky, which is why it looks like the clouds are scribbling with a giant electric crayon.

Rain drew a zigzag down the glass. A child traced another zigzag with a small finger, then a third zigzag split into a line of light. Each zigzag blinked faster, and the child giggled as the zigzag lines raced to the windowsill. The child clapped, proud and safe in the warm kitchen light.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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