twig
noun
[ twɪɡ ]
• a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.
Similar:
small branch,
shoot,
offshoot,
stem,
scion,
sprig,
spray,
stick,
withy,
withe,
branchlet,
ramulus,
• a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve.
• "cutaneous nerve twigs"
Origin:
Old English twigge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twijg and German Zweig, also to twain and two.
twig
verb
• understand or realize something.
• "it was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before"
Similar:
realize,
understand,
grasp,
comprehend,
take in,
fathom,
apprehend,
perceive,
see,
recognize,
see the light,
latch on to,
cotton on to,
catch on to,
tumble to,
get,
get wise to,
get one's head around,
wrap one's mind around,
figure out,
get a fix on,
get the message,
get the picture,
have an aha moment,
suss,
savvy,
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin.
