twig

Meaning

Noun

1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
2. (slang) Somebody, or one of his body parts, not looking developed.

Verb

To beat with twigs.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
2. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
3. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To pull
2. To twitch
3. To tweak

Synonyms

branch

sprig

stick

switch

bough

small branch

branchlet

limb

shoot

spray

realize

sprout

diviner

get it

rod

small stick

cotton on

see

👀

small bough

get onto

get wise

slip

stem

leaf

birch

tumble

verse

ferule

wand

offshoot

whip

withe

catch on

get

latch on

scion

bamboo

🎍

pick things up

bow

🙇

brushwood

burgeon

cane

cutting

fashion

fence

figure out

grok

jut

know

leg

🦵

log

offset

phylum

rail

sapling

shaft

shrub

spring

staff

stalk

tilt

seize on

tree

🌳

understand

vogue

wattle

wood

🪵

young shoot

get the picture

young branch

ramulus

divining-rod

subshrub

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twɪɡ/

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twig, twyg, from Old English twiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom (compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh₁. More at two.