zag
nounUK /zæɡ/
US /zæɡ/
A sharp turn in a different direction.
The path went zig, then zag, up the hill.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. To move with a sudden sharp turn.
The rabbit zagged to the left to escape.
3. One of the sharp turns in a zigzag pattern.
The road has many zags before the summit.
4. A change of direction or opinion.
The story took a zag I did not expect.