zig

Back-formation from zigzag. Compare zag.

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

zig (plural zigs)

1. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.

zig (third-person singular simple present zigs, present participle zigging, simple past and past participle zigged)

1. To make such a turn.

• zig when one should zag

• zigzag

• giz

From the terminal syllable -zig in numerals such as zwanzig (“twenty”), vierzig (“forty”), achtzig (“eighty”).

• IPA^(key): /tsɪç/

zig

1. umpteen, tens of, dozens of (an unspecified number, usually between 10 and 100)

   Der Verkäufer hat mir zig verschiedene Modelle gezeigt.

   The salesperson showed me umpteen different models.

• zigmal
• zigster
• zigtausend

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