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zigzag collapse: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions; having short sharp turns or angles; in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"; travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"

limp collapse: not firm; "wilted lettuce"; walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"; proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"

stagger collapse: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"; astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"; walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"; walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

tremble collapse: a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement; move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

shuffle collapse: the act of mixing cards haphazardly; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"; walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"; move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"

oscillation collapse: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean; the process of oscillating between states

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

chute collapse: sloping channel through which things can descend; jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

waddle collapse: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"

dither collapse: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"; make a fuss; be agitated; act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain

quiver collapse: case for holding arrows; shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

amble collapse: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place); walk leisurely

stammer collapse: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

vicissitude collapse: mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another); a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"

saunter collapse: a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world"

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

stomp collapse: a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step; walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

fluctuation collapse: the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"; a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"

shift collapse: the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"; an event in which something is displaced without rotation; a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time; the time period during which you are at work; move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"; change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"; move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"; change in quality; "His tone shifted"; change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"; use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"; change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

barge collapse: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals); transport by barge on a body of water; push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"

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