Twig — Defs

01 v. t. To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

imp. & p. p. Twigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging

1.
To twitch; to pull; to tweak.[Obs. or Scot.]

02 v. t. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?

1.
To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?[Colloq.]
2.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
“As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal.” — Hawthorne.

03 n. A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.

1.
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
“The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides.” — Sir W. Raleigh.

Phrases & compounds

Twig borer — 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 — See Girdler, 3.

Twig rush — any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.

04 v. t. To beat with twigs.

1.
To beat with twigs.