Found 4 items, similar to twig.
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Definition: twig
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Definition: twig
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: twig
twig
n : small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to
branches of the current or preceding year [syn:
branchlet,
sprig]
v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner;
“The lightning bolt twigged
in several directions”
2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
“She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on” [syn:
catch on,
get wise,
get onto,
tumble,
latch on,
cotton on,
get it]
[also:
twigging,
twigged]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Twig
Twig
\Twig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Twigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twigging.] [Cf.
Tweak.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Twig
\Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
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1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
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2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
“Now
twig him; now mind him.” --Foote.
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As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal. --Hawthorne.
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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.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir T.
Raleigh.
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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.
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Twig
\Twig\, v. t.
To beat with twigs.
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