1. twig - Noun
2. twig - Verb
To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
To beat with twigs.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCriticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders. Arthur Symons
A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. Gaston Bachelard
I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown. Käthe Kollwitz
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak. Irish Proverb
The twig that falls in the water will never become a fish. Ivorian Proverb
The riverside monkey is apt to be blamed for every twig found in the river. Ibo Proverb