Twig (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
  2. a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
  3. a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs.
  4. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
verb (used with object), twigged, twig·ging.
  1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
  2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
  3. to understand.
verb (used without object), twigged, twig·ging.
  1. to understand.
noun British Archaic.
  1. style; fashion.
noun
  1. any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant
  2. something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel
verb twigs, twigging or twigged British informal
  1. to understand (something)
  2. to find out or suddenly comprehend (something)
  3. to perceive (something)
Twig (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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