1. n.1 a small branch or shoot of a tree or shrub.
2 Anat. a small branch of an artery etc.
Derivatives:
twigged adj. (also in comb.). twiggy adj.
Etymology: OE twigge f. a Gmc root twi- (unrecorded) as in TWICE, TWO 2. v.tr. (twigged, twigging) colloq.
1. (also absol.) understand; grasp the meaning or nature of.
2 perceive, observe.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.