twig

1. v. t. To twitch; to pull; to tweak. Source: opted

2. v. t. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? Source: opted

3. v. t. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. Source: opted

4. n. A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. Source: opted

5. v. t. To beat with twigs. Source: opted

6. n. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year Source: wordnet

7. v. branch out in a twiglike manner Source: wordnet

8. v. understand, usually after some initial difficulty Source: wordnet

9. To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.] 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. 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 (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) 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. To beat with twigs. Source: webster

10. To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.] Source: adambom

11. n:100 v. branch out in a twiglike manner Source: ecdict

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