twig

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /twɪɡ/, [tʰw̥ɪɡ] Rhymes: -ɪɡ ==== Noun ==== twig (plural twigs) A small thin branch of a tree or bush. (bodybuilding, slang) Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed. ===== Synonyms ===== tillow ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged) (transitive) To beat with twigs. === Etymology 2 === From Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”). ==== Verb ==== twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged) (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. (intransitive) To be realized and understood; to click. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. ===== Synonyms ===== (to realise something): clock, get it, notice; see also Thesaurus:identify (to understand the meaning): fathom, figure out, grasp, ken, work out (to observe slyly): check out, peep, spy on, surveil ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Compare tweak. ==== Verb ==== twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged) (obsolete, Scotland) To pull To twitch To tweak === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === (Early ME) twi, twiȝ twigge, twyg, twygge, tuyg === Etymology === Inherited from Old English twig, from Proto-West Germanic *twīg, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twiɡ/, /twiː/ === Noun === twig (plural twigges) Any part of a tree, especially a branch or cutting: A twig or tillow; a shoot branching off a tree. An easily bending branch used in crafts. (figurative, rare) A subtype or part of something; the result or descendant of something. ==== Descendants ==== English: twig Scots: twigg, tuigg ==== References ==== “twig, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 August 2018. == Old English == === Alternative forms === twī === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *twīg, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twij/ Rhymes: -ij === Noun === twiġ n twig branch ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== tā tān telga telge telgor ==== Related terms ==== twicg twiġa ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: twiȝ, twi