Twig /(twĭg)/

Twig

v. t.

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

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

Twig

v. t.
  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.

Twig

n.
  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.

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.

Twig

v. t.
  1. To beat with twigs.