Twig

/twɪɡ/ · noun

Meaning

A small thin branch of a tree or bush..

Definitions by Sense

1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
2. (bodybuilding, slang) Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.
3. (transitive) To beat with twigs.
4. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
5. (intransitive) To be realized and understood; to click.
6. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
7. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
8. (obsolete, Scotland) To pull

Example Sentences

They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.

A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

You need to find a source of motivation and play off of that. Whether it be the jock in high school that always called you fat, or the guy who picked on you and called you a twig.

Schwarzenegger was long past his professional bodybuilding days when he and Carrere shot the tango scene, but he wasn’t a twig.

He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.

I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you.

I twigged him at once, by the description you gave me. I never see a cove togged out as he was,—tall hat, light sit-down-upons, and a short coat—wasn't it cut short! but in really bang-up style.

Well, with fewer people doing two or three times the work, you may have already twigged to this.

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• twigs
• twigging
• twigged

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