Twig
noun
1.
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
2.
a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
3.
a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch:
a fire of twigs.
4.
Anatomy. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
verb (used with object), twigged, twigging.
1.
to look at; observe:
Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
2.
to see; perceive:
Do you twig the difference in colors?
3.
to understand.
verb (used without object), twigged, twigging.
4.
to understand.
noun, British.
1.
style; fashion.
noun
1.
any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant
2.
something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel
verb (Brit, informal) twigs, twigging, twigged
1.
to understand (something)
2.
to find out or suddenly comprehend (something): he hasn’t twigged yet
3.
(transitive) (rare) to perceive (something)
Tree-Walking Instruction Generator.
A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJ variant.
[“Twig Language Manual”, S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs, 1986].
(1995-01-31)
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adjective, twiggier, twiggiest. 1. of, relating to, or resembling twigs. 2. full of twigs. adjective -gier, -giest 1. of or relating to a twig or twigs 2. covered with twigs 3. slender or fragile