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twig
1[ twig ]
noun
- a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
- a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
- a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch:
a fire of twigs.
- Anatomy. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
twig
2[ twig ]
twig
3[ twig ]
noun
- style; fashion.
twig
1/ twɪɡ /
noun
- any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant
- something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel
twig
2/ twɪɡ /
verb
- to understand (something)
- to find out or suddenly comprehend (something)
he hasn't twigged yet
- rare.tr to perceive (something)
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Derived Forms
- ˈtwigˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- twigless adjective
- twiglike adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Not even the tiniest twig from a tree falls unnoticed in this media forest.
Suddenly, we hear the sound of a twig cracking; all three men look around anxiously, particularly JASON.
To drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.
He clutches at a sharp point of rock here, or a twig there; but if it is not as safe as he believed, woe unto him!
There was a quiet, cynical smile on his face as he sat there beating a tattoo on his leggings with a hickory twig.
Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.
Not a twig broke as they crept up the side of the deep ravine and looked out at the herd.
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