Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To beat with twigs.

  2. (colloquial, regional)To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.

    He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.

    mitbekommen, mitkriegen, checken

    догада́тьсяdogadátʹsja, смекну́тьsmeknútʹ, просе́чьproséčʹ

  3. (intransitive)To be realized and understood; to click.

  4. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.

    Do you twig me?

  5. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

  6. To twitch

  7. To tweak

  8. (Scotland, obsolete)To pull

More definitions
  • branch out in a twiglike manner
  • understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Examples

52 sentences
  1. He tied the twigs into bundles.

    ruОн связал ветки в вязанки. — marafon

    deEr band die Zweige zu Bündeln zusammen. — xtofu80

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  2. Tom heard a twig crack.

    deTom hörte einen Zweig brechen. — freddy1

  3. I heard a twig crack.

    ruЯ услышал, как хрустнула ветка. — marafon

    deIch hörte einen Zweig brechen. — Melang

  4. Birds build nests of twigs.

    Птахи будують гнізда з прутин. — shanghainese

    ruПтицы вьют гнезда из веток. — afyodor

    deVögel bauen Nester aus Zweigen. — Yorwba

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  5. Tom tied the twigs into bundles.

    deTom band die Zweige zu Bündeln zusammen. — wolfgangth

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to realise something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to realise something:

Origin

Possibly from Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”). Compare tweak.

Possibly from Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”).

Compare tweak.

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Forms

twigs, twigging, twigged, twigged
Base formtwig · to twig
3rd person singulartwigs
Present participletwigging
Past simpletwigged
Past participletwigged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytwig
he, she, ittwigs

Past simpleLesson

all personstwigged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave twigged
he, she, ithas twigged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill twig

Synonyms

18 synonyms
to realise something:clockA1
to understand the meaning:graspB2fathomfigure outkenwork out
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
twig — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto