twig
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /twɪɡ/, [tʰw̥ɪɡ]
twig (plural twigs)
Synonyms Translations- French: brindille
- German: Zweig
- Italian: ramoscello, verga, rametto
- Portuguese: raminho
- Russian: ве́тка
- Spanish: ramita, ramilla, vara
twig (twigs, present participle twigging; past and past participle twigged)
- (transitive) To beat with twigs.
twig (twigs, present participle twigging; past and past participle twigged)
- (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.
- To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
- Do you twig me?
- To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
- (to realise something) clock, get it, notice; see also Thesaurus:identify
- (to understand the meaning) fathom, figure out, grasp, ken#Etymology_2, work out
- (to observe slyly) check out, peep, spy on, surveil
- French: entraver, capter, piger
- German: mitbekommen, mitkriegen, (slang) checken
- Portuguese: imaginar
- Russian: догада́ться
twig (twigs, present participle twigging; past and past participle twigged)
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