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The move you make right before everyone else zags, on purpose.
means A sharp turn or sudden shift in direction, especially one move in an alternating zigzag pattern.
from First recorded as half of 'zigzag,' a borrowing from German 'Zickzack' in the 1700s, used to describe fortification lines and lightning-shaped paths; 'zig' was later pulled out on its own in the 1800s-1900s as a standalone word for the first stroke of that back-and-forth motion, with 'zag' following as its natural partner.
- origin
- From zigzag, itself echoic nautical slang
- programming lang
- Also a language promising no hidden control flow
- strategy use
- Implies decisive first move, not random wandering
- paired word
- Rarely survives without zag nearby