1
: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves
2
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
Examples of twig in a Sentence
Verb
He seemed confused until he twigged that something was going on.
I had to explain it to him three times but he finally twigged.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
In sycamores, the spores often infect not just leaves but twigs and buds.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Which twigged Kotb to the fact that there’s most likely a secret date already on the books.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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Noun
Deer and moose munch on the shrub’s leaves and twigs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
In sycamores, the spores often infect not just leaves but twigs and buds.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Verb
Scale invariance occurs in trees because trunks, limbs and twigs all branch in similar ways and for similar reasons.
—Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Which twigged Kotb to the fact that there’s most likely a secret date already on the books.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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“Twig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twig. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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twig
noun
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
twigs of sensory nerves in the skin—Lynda Charters
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