twigging

Verb (1)

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (transitive) To beat with twigs.

Verb (2)

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (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.

   Synonyms:

   clock

2. (intransitive) To be realized and understood; to click.
   • Dries had told us to bring at least twenty litres of water because there was no water in camp and very few tourists stayed there. I knew I wouldn't get a shower for three days, but I wasn't worried about that. It hadn't twigged that the reason we needed to bring our own water was that the camp...2009, Tammie Matson, Elephant Dance
3. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
   • Do you twig me?

   Synonyms:

   fathom, figure out, grasp, ken, work out

4. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
   • Now twig him; now mind him: mark how he hawls his muscles about.1763, Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garratt, act 2

   Synonyms:

   check out, peep, spy on, surveil

Verb (3)

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) To pull
   • Frank shall twig your Nose from your Face1755, John Shebbeare, Lydia: Or, Filial Piety

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