n
(slang) A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story).
v
To follow a zigzag course.
n
An instance where one flaps.
v
(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
n
The act by which something is flicked.
adj
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
n
The motion of something that flops.
n
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
v
(intransitive) To undulate.
n
Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
n
The act of one who hovers.
adj
mazy, windy, zigzagging in its motion
v
(data visualization) To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.
n
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
adj
Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
adj
Rare spelling of meandering. [winding or rambling]
n
(idiomatic) A disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.
adv
Alternative form of nose-first [With the nose first.]
adj
Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
n
The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.
v
To swing like a pendulum.
adj
Staggered in time and space.
n
(medicine) A swaying or toppling motion in a patient while standing erect with feet together and eyes closed.
n
The motion of one who sidles.
v
(intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
n
(rare) That which skews something.
adj
darting, running in a zigzag motion
adv
With a sliding motion.
n
(electronics) An irregular oscillation characterised by short periods of oscillation punctuated by brief periods of quiescence.
v
To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
n
Stilted language or movement.
n
(archaic or dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant.
adj
(informal) With a swivelling motion.
adv
In a swooping way; with a swooping motion.
adj
(informal) Having a swooping shape or motion.
n
The act of one who twiddles.
adj
(informal) In music, having a rapid series of musical notes.
v
(obsolete) To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch.
adv
With a twirling motion.
adj
(archaic) crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
v
(Scotland, transitive) To twist.
adj
Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
n
Changing location by moving back and forth.
adv
With a veering motion.
adj
Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
n
One who, or that which, wafts.
v
(transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
n
(bees) An unexplained behavior in which bees move across the surface of their hive with a rocking motion.
n
Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
adv
With a weaving pattern or motion.
adv
With a wheeling motion.
adj
(music, colloquial) Characterized by a lot of long fast guitar riffs
v
(Scotland) To wind, to reel.
v
(electronics) To oscillate between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator
n
(electronics) oscillation between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator
n
An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.
v
Alternative form of wobbulate [(electronics) To oscillate between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator]
v
(intransitive) To move with a sharp turn or reversal.
v
(intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
v
(intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
n
A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.
adj
Alternative spelling of zigzag [Moving in, or having a zigzag.]
n
The movement or layout of something that zigzags.
adv
With a zigzagging shape or motion.
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