Definition of "twig" []

• A young shoot representing the current season's growth of a woody plant. (noun)
• Any small, leafless branch of a woody plant. (noun)
• To observe or notice. (verb-transitive)
• To understand or figure out: "The layman has twigged what the strategist twigged almost two decades ago” ( Manchester Guardian Weekly). (verb-transitive)
• To be or become aware of the situation; understand: "As Europe is now twigging, the best breeding ground for innovators who know how to do business is often big, competitive companies” ( Economist). (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When describing my shape, the word twig comes to mind."
• "Each collects a cedar twig from the top of a tree, four equilateral triangular cuts are made with an archaic stone knife, and the twig is snapped off."
• "And, what if the attendant were no longer laughing, but had snapped his twig from the grief of working in this place?"