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twig (twig)

noun

a small, slender branch or shoot of a tree or shrub

Etymology: ME twigge < OE, akin to Ger zweig < IE *dwigho- < base *dwöu-, two: prob. with reference to the forking of the twig

twig2 definition

twig (twig)

transitive verb, intransitive verb twigged, twigging twig′·ging

  1. to observe
  2. to understand

Etymology: via thieves' slang < Ir tuigim, I understand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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