'Twig' definitions:

Definition of 'twig'

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noun
A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig]
verb
Branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
verb
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]

Definition of 'Twig'

From: GCIDE
  • Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. "Now twig him; now mind him." --Foote. [1913 Webster]
  • As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Twig'

From: GCIDE
  • Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g, zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster]
  • The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
  • Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
  • Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Twig'

From: GCIDE
  • Twig \Twig\ (tw[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged (tw[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Twig'

From: GCIDE
  • Twig \Twig\, v. t. To beat with twigs. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'twig'

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