zig

• IPA^(key): /zɪɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Back-formation from zigzag. Compare zag.

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
• zigger
• ziggy

• zigzag, zag

zig (plural zig or zigs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ZiG

• giz

A variation of zigue.

• IPA^(key): /zi/

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zig m (plural zigs)

1. guy; bloke; individual

• “zig”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /tsɪç/

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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.

• zigfach
• zigmal
• zigster
• zighundert
• zigtausend

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