twigs

[twig]

A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

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To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

Noun
small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

Verb
branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

Verb
understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn''t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"


v. t.
To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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

v. t.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

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

v. t.
To beat with twigs.


Twig

Twig , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]

Twig

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.

Twig

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.
Twig borer (Zo'94l.), 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'94l.) 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

Twig, v. t. To beat with twigs.

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?

A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.

To beat with twigs.

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Usage Examples

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

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