Usually means: Small, slender branch of tree.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word twig:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. twig: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. twig: Merriam-Webster
  3. twig, twig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. twig, twig, twig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. twig: Collins English Dictionary
  6. twig: Vocabulary.com
  7. Twig, twig: Wordnik
  8. twig: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Twig: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. twig: Wiktionary
  11. twig: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. twig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. twig: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. twig: Dictionary.com
  15. twig: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. twig: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Twig (disambiguation), Twig (novel), Twig (template engine), Twig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Twig: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. twig: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. twig: Rhymezone
  21. twig: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. twig: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. Twig: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. twig: FreeDictionary.org
  25. twig: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. Twig: The Word Detective
  27. twig: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TWIG: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. twig: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. twig: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. twig: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TWIG: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. twig: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Twig: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. twig, twig, twig, twig, twig: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. twig: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. T.W.I.G, Twig: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See twigged as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
▸ noun:  (bodybuilding, slang) Somebody, or one of his body parts, not looking developed.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To beat with twigs.
▸ verb:  (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
▸ verb:  To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
▸ verb:  To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, Scotland) To pull
▸ verb:  To twitch
▸ verb:  To tweak

Similar:
sprig, branchlet, tumble, latch on, catch on, cotton on, get onto, get it, twig and berries, tillow, more...

Types:
birch, willow, maple, oak, hickory, elm, ash, beech, cherry, more...

Phrases:
lime twig, twig blight, twig borer, twig girdler, twig pruner, more...

Adjectives:
small, dry, little, broken, green, forked, dead, slender, topmost, single, hazel

Colors:
    brown,     olive,     khaki,     tan,     beige, more...


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Similar:
sprig, branchlet, tumble, latch on, catch on, cotton on, get onto, get it, twig and berries, tillow, more...

Types:
birch, willow, maple, oak, hickory, elm, ash, beech, cherry, more...

Phrases:
lime twig, twig blight, twig borer, twig girdler, twig pruner, twig snake, blood twig, hop the twig, twig rush, hopped the twig, hopping the twig, hops the twig, ml twig, peach twig borer, Teeth-cleaning twig, more...

Adjectives:
small, dry, little, broken, green, forked, dead, slender, topmost, single, hazel

Colors:
    brown,     olive,     khaki,     tan,     beige, more...



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