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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New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
When To Clean Gutters Thanks to flowers, twigs, leaves, pine needles, and other debris that takes flight during strong winds, gutters need to be cleaned regularly.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 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
Guests are encouraged to go barefoot, and experience the sensation of twigs snapping underfoot or the smooth timber on the decks.
—New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
When To Clean Gutters Thanks to flowers, twigs, leaves, pine needles, and other debris that takes flight during strong winds, gutters need to be cleaned regularly.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 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 25 Nov. 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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