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Definition of zag:

Synonyms for zag:

sheer, veer, cut, break, yaw, zigzag, zig.

Usage examples:

Sherman and Howe being precluded from supporting it in consequence of the position taken by them in the controversy between the two Houses of Congress over the first section of the Tenure- of- Office Bill while that bill was pending, and to avoid defeat on the first vote taken, which was inevitable on that Article- and also to explain, so far as any explanation is possible, the zig- zag method of conducting the ballot- skipping all the first ten Articles and going down to the bottom of the list for the first vote, with the promise of then going back to the first Article and continuing to the end.

- "History-of-the-Impeachment-of-Andrew-Johnson-President-of-the-United-States-by-the-House-of-Representatives-and-his-trial-by-the-Senate-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-in-office-1868", Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson).
At first sight, the zig- zag path along what appears to be the perpendicular side of these steep, lofty rocks, appears perilous, not to say impracticable, but it is neither one nor the other.

- "Holidays in Eastern France", Matilda Betham-Edwards.
Sometimes the string- course is ornamented with the zig- zag moulding.

- "The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.", Matthew Holbeche Bloxam.