twig: Meaning and Definition of

twig

Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
— n.
  1. a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
  2. a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
  3. a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs.
  4. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.

twig

Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
— v., twigged, twig•ging.
—v.t.
  1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
  2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
  3. to understand.
—v.i.
  1. to understand.

twig

Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
— n. Brit.
  1. style; fashion.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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