1. A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
   "The bird built its nest on a slender twig";
   - branchlet, sprig

1. [Brit, informal] Understand or realize, usually after some time or initial difficulty
   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally twigged";
   - catch on [informal], get wise [informal], get onto, tumble [informal], latch on [informal], cotton on [informal], get it [informal], cop on [Brit, informal]
    
2. Branch out in a twiglike manner
   "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

Derived forms: twigged, twigs, twigging

Type of: apprehend, branch, compass, comprehend, dig [informal], fork, furcate, get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], ramify, savvy, separate

Encyclopedia: Twig, Minnesota