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1. A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
   - branchlet, sprig

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

Derived forms: twigs, twigging, twigged

See also: twiggy

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

Encyclopedia: Twig Twig, Minnesota