1
: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves
2
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
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Verb
He seemed confused until he twigged that something was going on.
I had to explain it to him three times but he finally twigged.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
Despite finding themselves in the exact same spot in the hotel gardens, Harris didn’t twig that something was afoot.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 26 June 2024
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Noun
The 26-year-old's head and naked torso were found among leaves and twigs.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
Which twigged Kotb to the fact that there’s most likely a secret date already on the books.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
Despite finding themselves in the exact same spot in the hotel gardens, Harris didn’t twig that something was afoot.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 26 June 2024
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“Twig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twig. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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twig
noun
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
twigs of sensory nerves in the skin—Lynda Charters
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