branchlet, twig, sprig
(noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
twig
(verb) branch out in a twiglike manner; “The lightning bolt twigged in several directions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
twig (plural twigs)
A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
• tillow
twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)
(transitive) To beat with twigs.
twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)
(colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
• (to realise something): clock, get it, notice; see also identify
• (to understand the meaning): fathom, figure out, grasp, ken, work out
• (to observe slyly): check out, peep, spy on, surveil
twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)
(obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
Source: Wiktionary
Twig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] Etym: [Cf. Tweak.]
Definition: To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
Twig, v. t. Etym: [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. Etym: [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
Definition: To beat with twigs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
