twig

🇺🇸 /twɪɡ/ 🇬🇧 /twɪɡ/
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noun
R

A small, thin branch coming off a larger branch on a tree or bush.

I carefully picked up the fallen twig from the forest floor.

verb
R

To suddenly understand or realize something.

It took me a while to twig that he was actually joking.

translation

n. A small, thin branch coming off a larger branch on a tree or bush.
v. To suddenly understand or realize something.

Word Forms

3rd Present twigs
Past twigged
Perfect twigged
Progressive twigging
Plural twigs