Zigzag
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3 letters

ZAG
An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

ZIG
An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

ELL
An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

SHY
A quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"

YAW
Deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

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APEX
The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

BEND
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

BENT
A special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

BIAS
A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

CANT
Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

COIN
Make up; "coin phrases or words"

DUCK
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

FORK
The act of branching out or dividing into branches

HOOK
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

JINK

KNEE
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

MAZY
Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"

NOOK
An interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"

PULL
The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

SKEW
Turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"

SLIP
A socially awkward or tactless act

TACK
Sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"

TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

VEER
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

WARP
A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

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POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

ELBOW
A sharp bend in a road or river

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

DODGE
An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

CURVY
Having curves; "a settee with only one curvy end"

CURVE
A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

CROOK
A long staff with one end being hook shaped

BIGHT
The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

BENDY

ANGLE
A biased way of looking at or presenting something

WEAVE
Pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

CRANK
A bad-tempered person

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

SWING
Make a big sweeping gesture or movement

SWEEP
A movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

SNAKY
Resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

SNAKE
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

SLANT
Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"

SHIFT
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

SHEER
Cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

QUOIN
Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

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WIGWAG
Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code

VERTEX
The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure

TWISTY
Marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

TEETER
Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

SWERVE
The act of turning aside suddenly

SEESAW
Move up and down as if on a seesaw

ROVING
Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

RAGGED
Having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"

JAGGED
Having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

HOOKED
Addicted to a drug

FURCAL

FORKED
Having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

ESCAPE
The act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

ERRANT
Straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

DOUBLE
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"

DOGLEG
A golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway

DIVERT
Turn aside; turn away from

DETOUR
A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

CORNER
An interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"

BRANCH
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

AKIMBO
(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"

ZIGZAG
An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

SLALOM
A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

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MEANDER
An aimless amble on a winding course

YSHAPED

WINDING
The act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

VEERING
The act of turning aside suddenly

VAGRANT
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

VSHAPED

TURNING
Act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"

STAGGER
An unsteady uneven gait

SHUTTLE
Public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points

SERRATE
Make saw-toothed or jag the edge of; "serrate the edges of the teeth"

SCATTER
The act of scattering

REFRACT
Determine the refracting power of (a lens)

POINTED
Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"

NOTCHED
Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

HAIRPIN
A double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

FURCATE
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

EVASION
The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

ERRATIC
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

ELUSION
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

DIVERGE
Be at variance with; be out of line with

DISTORT
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

DIFFUSE
Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

DEVIOUS
Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

DEVIATE
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

DEVIANT
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

DEFLECT
Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

CROOKED
Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

CRANKLE

CHEVRON
An inverted V-shaped charge