TWIG

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

twig
    n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a
         terminal division); usually applied to branches of the
         current or preceding year [syn: {branchlet}, {twig},
         {sprig}]
    v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt
         twigged in several directions"
    2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
       didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
       caught on" [syn: {catch on}, {get wise}, {get onto},
       {tumble}, {latch on}, {cotton on}, {twig}, {get it}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
   zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
   A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
   definite length or size.
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         The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
         the outside with hides.                  --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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   {Twig borer} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.) 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}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Twig \Twig\ (tw[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twigged} (tw[i^]gd);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Twigging}.] [Cf. {Tweak}.]
   To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
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   1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
      twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
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   2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. "Now
      twig him; now mind him." --Foote.
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            As if he were looking right into your eyes and
            twigged something there which you had half a mind to
            conceal.                              --Hawthorne.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Twig \Twig\, v. t.
   To beat with twigs.
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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

TWIG

   Tree-Walking Instruction Generator.

   A {code generator} language.  {ML-Twig} is an {SML/NJ}
   variant.

   ["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs,
   1986].

   (1995-01-31)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "twig":
      accept, appendage, arm, bine, bough, branch, branchedness,
      branchiness, burgeon, catch, catch on, comprehend, craze, cry,
      deadwood, descry, dig, discern, distinguish, divine, espy, fad,
      fathom, flagellum, fork, frond, furore, get, grasp, hand, imp,
      joint, know, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, mark, member, mode,
      note, notice, observe, offshoot, organ, perceive, pinion, rage,
      ramage, ramification, rumble, runner, sapling, sarment, scion, see,
      seedling, sense, set, shoot, slip, spear, spray, sprig, sprit,
      sprout, spur, stem, stick, stolon, style, sucker, switch, tail,
      take, take in, tendril, thallus, tumble to, understand, vogue,
      wing