Twig word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "twig" word
[verb] branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
[verb] understand, usually after some initial difficulty
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\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. --Hawthorne.
\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. --Sir T. Raleigh. {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}.
\Twig\, v. t. To beat with twigs.
Synonyms for twig
branchlet, catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, sprig, tumble
See also: apprehend | branch | branch | brier | compass | comprehend | dig | fork | furcate | get the picture | grasp | ramify | savvy | separate | withe | withy |
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Let's analyse "twig" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: GIWT. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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twig: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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