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twig

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1. twig - Noun

2. twig - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

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Criticism 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

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