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Definitions for: Twig
[n] small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
[v] branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
[v] understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Webster (1913) Definition: Twig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
Twig, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. ``Now
twig him; now mind him.'' --Foote.
As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal. --Hawthorne.
Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G.
zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir T.
Raleigh.
Twig borer (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Twig, v. t.
To beat with twigs.
Synonyms: branchlet, catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, sprig, tumble
See Also: apprehend, branch, branch, brier, compass, comprehend, dig, fork, furcate, get the picture, grasp, ramify, savvy, separate, withe, withy
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