twig
[noun]
Synonyms: branch, shoot, spray, sprig, stick

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I. twig¹ /twɪɡ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: twigge]
a small very thin stem of wood that grows from a branch on a tree
—twiggy adjective

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II. twig² verb (past tense and past participle twigged, present participle twigging) [intransitive and transitive]
British English informal to suddenly realize something about a situation:
It took ages before he twigged.

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twig
noun
ADJ. dry | bare | dead | birch, willow, etc.
VERB + TWIG break (off), snap (off) He broke off a twig from a willow tree and used it to shoo the flies away.
TWIG + VERB break, snap The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.

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