Verb (used without object), : First we zigged, then we zagged, trying to avoid the bull.    From Dictionary.com. 

The chevron, or zig-zag, which is not always single, but often duplicated, triplicated, or quadrupled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.] Reference

Every zig and zag is acutely felt here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phillies win encourages long-suffering fans] Reference

Of the main characters, Tilda Swinton’s never quite makes that zag, which is a shame because she’s an incredible actor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cool Stuff to Read, See, & Hear | Living the Liminal] Reference

The road is one big long zig-zag which is kinda fun-but probably not that fun for the bus driver!.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Some may be able to know when to zig rather than zag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Blumenfield, M.D.: We Can't Prevent Suicides and PTSD in the Military] Reference

They have torn the old zig-zag clear out of its snake.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference

Some take the form of a zig-zag, some a spiral, others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

Been that, touch me, I'll show you my zig-zag quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movie Music 2009: Oscar-Nominated Scores] Reference

The shark was dallying, swimming slowly in a tight zig-zag.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Man and the Shark] Reference

The tympanum is filled with stones arranged in zig-zag patterns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference

Above the arcade was a string course carved with zig-zag ornament.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

Down, step by step, moved Mahon, a zig-zag course that missed nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference

Zig-zag to old George's, and we'll get him to go out with us in the boat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the White-Rock Cove] Reference

They are very deep and zig-zag in shape so that they cannot be enfiladed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette] Reference

States or Canada, but there they are made zig-zag, and called snake-fences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Finland in Carts] Reference

Puffing and blowing at last Rokuzo was compelled to zig-zag on its steepness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference

Aleck down to the lodge, when I started off by way of the Zig-zag, to the Cove.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the White-Rock Cove] Reference

Now we zig-zag so much that we have no idea whether we are bound for Salonika or.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference

I stayed accordingly, determining to be home by the Zig-zag at the appointed hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the White-Rock Cove] Reference

Their arches have zig-zag work in the outer moulding, and a double cable in the soffit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference

When U.S. markets zag, others may zig, putting a cushion under your potential for loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign Investing: A New Slant] Reference

This pavilion had, it must be added, a verandah and zig-zag balustrades running all round.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

Garfield rode a zig-zag course across the field, and so prevented the enemy from taking aim.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Garfield Farm-boy, Soldier, and President] Reference

Leaving these, and passing down the zig-zag connecting trench, the first line trench was reached.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shelled by an Unseen Foe] Reference

How prettily they are marked with zig-zag stripes of reddish brown, especially the young specimens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference

Three zig-zag trenches led from the cook house and First Aid Station to the second line of trenches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shelled by an Unseen Foe] Reference

After going to the stables to see my pony, we proceeded to the Zig-zag, chattering fast the whole way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the White-Rock Cove] Reference

Way; a strangely irregular and zig-zag path, so narrow that a very stout man could not squeeze through.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference

Among them: zig when others zag, embrace your sense of entitlement (why not me?) and define your universe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quick Read] Reference

Blue black hair cut at obscure zig zag angles; she grabbed my hand, and pulled me into the instant photo booth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh Portland.] Reference

The king doesn't have to walk in horizontal or vertical lines, he can run diagonally or zig-zag across the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lubomir Kavalek: Chess Puzzles: Richard Reti's Marvelous Squares] Reference

The natural ceiling was high, and through the face of the cliff light was admitted through several zig-zag cracks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference

Indeed it was only by taking a zig-zag course, that any boat could be guided in safety through the labyrinth of rocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference

When he attempted to walk on his hands she followed his zig-zag course, steadying him when he threatened to topple over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference

Her restless eyes watched a light from the driveway scurry across the bed and zig-zag over the faces of the two brothers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Days The Story of a War Marriage] Reference

After a few minutes he began to zig-zag along the bank so that he could not possibly miss that oblong thing for which he was searching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom of the Raiders] Reference